Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Aí ela virou pra mim e falou que não ia.
Then she turned to me and said she wasn't going.
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Why every word is where it is
Aí1adverbthenelapronounshe3rd sing. · subjectvirou1verbturnedvirar · past · 3rd sing.praprepositiontoparamim2object pronounme1st sing. · direct objecteconjunctionandfalouverbsaidfalar · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnãoadverbnotia3verbwas goingir · imperfect · 3rd sing..
- ela → virou: subject–verb
- pra → mim: preposition + mim
- falou → ia: reported speech
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Aí ela virou e falou…: virar introduces a quote in lively storytelling. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2After a preposition, mim: pra mim.
- 3Reported speech moves vou to ia: falou que não ia. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →