Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
A literatura sobre o tema ainda é escassa no Brasil.
Research on the topic is still scarce in Brazil.
C1organizing discourseformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteliteratura1nounliteraturefem. · sing.sobreprepositiononodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetemanountopicmasc. · sing.aindaadverbstilléverbisser · present · 3rd sing.escassa2adjectivescarceescasso · fem. · sing.noprepositioninem+o · masc. · sing. · definiteBrasilnounBrazil.
- literatura → é: subject–verb
- literatura → escassa: agreement
- no → Brasil: em + o Brasil
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Stating a research gap: a literatura … ainda é escassa. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2escassa agrees with a literatura; note the double s.