Phrase · 📞 Phone calls & voice messages
A ligação caiu; vou te ligar de novo.
The call dropped; I’ll call you again.
B1dealing with a dropped callinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteligaçãonouncallfem. · sing.caiu1verbdroppedcair · past · 3rd sing.;vouverbI’m going toir · present · 1st sing.te2object pronounyou2nd sing. · direct objectligar2verbcallinfinitivede novoadverbagain.
- ligação → caiu: subject
- vou → ligar: periphrasis
- ligar → te: object
Word for word: “The call fell; (I) go you to-call again.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1caiu: perfeito of cair (to fall). A call "falls" when it cuts off. No se. Pretérito perfeito: regular verbs →
- 2vou te ligar: in speech the pronoun goes between vou and the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
Variations
- Caiu a ligação! Já te ligo de novo.
- A ligação caiu, me liga de novo?
- Acho que a ligação caiu.