フレーズ · 🪶 Hedging & softening

Pode ser que a gente precise de mais tempo.

We may need more time.

C1expressing attitudesくだけた音声・近日公開

それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由

Pode1動詞it maypoder · 現在 · 3人称単数ser1動詞be不定詞que1接続詞thata2限定詞(the)o · 女性 · 単数 · 定gente2名詞we女性 · 単数precise1動詞needprecisar · 接続法 · 現在 · 3人称単数de3前置詞(of)mais副詞moretempo名詞time男性 · 単数.

Pode → precise: triggers subjunctive
gente → precise: subject–verb
precise → de: precisar 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
Pode ser que + subjunctive = "it may be that": precise. Subjunctive after doubt, denial & impersonal expressions →
2
a gente = "we", with a singular verb: a gente precise. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
3
precisar de + noun = "need"; before an infinitive, no de. Verbs with prepositions (regência I) →