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Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

A seca de agosto em Brasília não tá fácil não, véi.

The August dry spell in Brasília is no joke, mate.

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Why every word is where it is

Adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteseca1noundry seasonfem. · sing.deprepositioninagostonounAugustmasc. · sing.emprepositioninBrasílianounBrasílianão2adverbnottáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.fáciladjectiveeasyfem. · sing.não2adverb(not),véi3nounmatemasc. · sing..
  • seca → tá: subject–verb
  • fácil → seca: predicative
  • não → não: double negation

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    a seca = the Centro-Oeste dry season, with very low humidity in August.
  2. 2
    The final não repeats the negation for emphasis: very common in Brazilian speech.
  3. 3
    véi = "mate": Brasília and Goiás. Regional & social variation in grammar →

Variations

  • A seca de agosto em Brasília está difícil, cara.