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O prefeito negou ter conhecimento do esquema.

The mayor denied any knowledge of the scheme.

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それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由

O限定詞the男性 · 単数 · 定prefeito1名詞mayor男性 · 単数negou2動詞deniednegar · 過去 · 3人称単数ter2動詞having不定詞conhecimento2名詞knowledge男性 · 単数do前置詞of thede+o · 男性 · 単数 · 定esquema3名詞scheme男性 · 単数.

prefeito → negou: subject–verb
negou → ter: negar + infinitive
conhecimento → do: conhecimento de

この形になる理由

注の番号は上の番号に対応しています。

1
prefeito = mayor (not «prefect»); his office is the prefeitura.
2
negar + infinitive with the same subject: negou ter conhecimento = denied knowing; no que needed. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →
3
esquema = (illegal) scheme, racket, in crime reports.