Phrase · 📆 Making arrangements
Sexta não dá pra mim. Pode ser sábado?
Friday doesn’t work for me. Could we do Saturday?
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Sexta1nomFridayfém. · sing.nãoadverbenotdá2verbeworksdar · présent · 3e pers. sing.praprépositionforparamim3pronommeeu · 1re pers. sing..Podeverbecanpoder · présent · 3e pers. sing.serverbebeinfinitifsábadonomSaturdaymasc. · sing.?
- Sexta → dá: subject
- dá → pra: preposition
- pra → mim: object
- Pode → ser: fixed phrase
Mot à mot : “Friday not gives for me. Can be Saturday?”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Sexta comes first as the topic, with no preposition or article.
- 2não dá = it doesn’t work, I can’t make it: a very common spoken use of dar.
- 3pra mim: after a preposition eu becomes mim. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
Variantes
- Sexta não dá para mim. Pode ser sábado?
- Na sexta eu não posso. E no sábado?
- Sexta tá complicado pra mim, sábado pode?