Phrase · 🎲 Speculating & hedging
A essa altura, eles já devem ter chegado.
By now they must have arrived.
B2speculating about the pastAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Aprepositionto, atessadeterminerthis, thatesse · fem. · sing.altura1nounpoint, height (a essa altura = by now)fem. · sing.,elespronounthey, themele · 3rd pl.jáadverbalreadydevem2verbmustdever · present · 3rd pl.ter2verbto haveinfinitivechegadoverbarrivedchegar · participle · masc. · sing..
- eles → devem: 3rd plural
- ter → chegado: compound infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A essa altura = by now, at this point. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →
- 2devem ter chegado: plural dever + ter + participle. Compound future & conditional: speculation and allegation →