Phrase · 🕵️ Saying what happened (and who did it)
Acabou a luz no bairro inteiro.
There was a power cut in the whole neighbourhood.
B2reporting an incidentinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Acabou1verbran out, endedacabar · past · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteluznounlight, powerfem. · sing.noprepositionin the, on theem + obairronounneighbourhoodmasc. · sing.inteiroadjectivewholemasc. · sing..
- Acabou → luz: subject after verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1acabar a luz = power cut (Spanish se fue la luz); the subject follows the verb. Topicalisation & left dislocation →