Phrase · 📖 Telling a story
A gente ficou conversando até de madrugada.
We stayed up talking until the early hours.
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Why every word is where it is
a gente1pronounwe3rd sing. · subjectficou2verbstayedficar · past · 3rd sing.conversando2verbtalkingconversar · gerundatéprepositionuntilde madrugada3adverbin the early hours.
- a gente → ficou: subject
- ficou → conversando: periphrasis
- até → de madrugada: preposition
Word for word: “The people stayed talking until of dawn.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1a gente ficou = we stayed: a gente with a 3rd-person singular verb. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 2ficar + gerund = to keep doing something for a long time. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →
- 3de madrugada = in the small hours, after midnight.
Variations
- A gente ficou batendo papo até tarde.
- Ficamos conversando até de madrugada.
- A gente passou a noite toda conversando.