Phrase · 💬 Catching up & small talk
A gente tem que marcar alguma coisa qualquer dia desses.
We should get together one of these days.
B1suggesting meeting upinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
a gente1pronounwe3rd sing. · subjecttem1verbhaveter · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctiontomarcar2verbto set upinfinitivealguma3determinersomealgum · fem. · sing.coisanounthingfem. · sing.qualquer3determineranysing.dianoundaymasc. · sing.desses4prepositionof thesede · masc. · pl..
- a gente → tem: subject
- tem → marcar: periphrasis
- marcar → coisa: object
- alguma → coisa: agreement
Word for word: “We have that to-set some thing any day of-these.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1a gente tem que: spoken "we" with a singular verb. Ter que + infinitive = to have to. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 2marcar = to set up a meeting or a plan: marcar um café, marcar uma reunião.
- 3alguma coisa = something; qualquer = any, and it doesn’t change: qualquer dia, qualquer hora. Indefinites II: algum, nenhum, qualquer, cada, outro, vários, ambos →
- 4desses = de + esses. Qualquer dia desses = one of these days, a soft promise. Contractions: preposition + article/pronoun →
Variations
- Vamos marcar alguma coisa!
- Bora marcar um café qualquer dia desses?
- A gente precisa se ver mais.