Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Verdade seja dita, o serviço de ônibus melhorou bastante.
Truth be told, the bus service has improved a lot.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Verdade1nomtruthfém. · sing.seja1verbebeser · subjonctif · présent · 3e pers. sing.dita1verbetolddizer · participe · fém. · sing.,odéterminantthemasc. · sing. · définiserviçonomservicemasc. · sing.depréposition(of)ônibus2nombusmasc.melhorouverbehas improvedmelhorar · passé · 3e pers. sing.bastante3adverbea lot.
- Verdade → dita: frozen formula
- dita → Verdade: participle agreement
- serviço → melhorou: subject–verb
Mot à mot : “Truth be said, the bus service has improved a lot.”
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Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Verdade seja dita = "truth be told": a frozen passive subjunctive that concedes a point; dita agrees with verdade. Frozen subjunctive formulae & legal future subjunctive →
- 2ônibus = "bus"; the same form in the singular and plural.
- 3bastante after a verb = "a lot, considerably".