Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
A não ser que surjam fatos novos, mantenho a minha posição.
Unless new facts come to light, I stand by my position.
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Why every word is where it is
A1prepositionunlessnão1adverb(unless)ser1verb(unless)infinitiveque1conjunction(that)surjam2verbemergesurgir · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.fatos3nounfactsfato · masc. · pl.novosadjectivenewnovo · masc. · pl.,mantenhoverbI maintainmanter · present · 1st sing.adeterminer(the)o · fem. · sing. · definiteminhadeterminermymeu · 1st sing.posiçãonounpositionfem. · sing..
- A → que: a não ser que
- que → surjam: triggers subjunctive
- surjam → fatos: subject–verb (postposed)
- minha → posição: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A não ser que + subjunctive = "unless"; the infinitive ser never changes. Concession & condition connectives →
- 2surjam agrees with the postposed subject fatos novos; surgir → surja, with j. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
- 3fato ("fact") is the Brazilian spelling, with no c.