Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading

Tão importante quanto investir é saber onde investir.

Knowing where to invest is just as important as investing.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Tão1adverbeasimportante1adjectifimportantmasc. · sing.quanto1adverbeasinvestir2verbeinvestinginfinitifé3verbeisser · présent · 3e pers. sing.saber3verbeknowinginfinitifondeadverbewhereinvestirverbeto investinfinitif.

Tão → quanto: tão … quanto
é → saber: subject–verb
saber → onde: indirect question

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Tão X quanto Y = "as X as Y"; fronting it makes the comparison the topic. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →
2
investir = "invest"; here the infinitive works as a noun.
3
Predicate first, then é, then the subject saber onde investir. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →