Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech

Você pode me quebrar um galho e cobrir meu turno?

Could you do me a favour and cover my shift?

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Vocêpronomyou3e pers. sing. · sujetpodeverbecanpoder · présent · 3e pers. sing.me1pronom complémentme1re pers. sing. · COIquebrar2verbebreakinfinitifum2déterminantamasc. · sing. · indéfinigalho2nombranchmasc. · sing.econjonctionandcobrirverbecoverinfinitifmeudéterminantmy1re pers. sing.turnonomshiftmasc. · sing.?

me → quebrar: clitic → verb
quebrar → galho: idiom
pode → cobrir: poder + infinitive

Mot à mot : “Can you break me a branch and cover my shift?”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
In Brazil the pronoun sits between the auxiliary and the infinitive: pode me quebrar. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →
2
quebrar um galho = "do someone a favour, help out".