Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Aí ele chega e fala: «Cadê todo mundo?»
So he shows up and goes, "Where is everybody?"
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Why every word is where it is
Aí1adverbso thenelepronounhe3rd sing. · subjectchega2verbarriveschegar · present · 3rd sing.econjunctionandfala2verbsaysfalar · present · 3rd sing.:«Cadê3adverbwhere istododeterminereverymasc. · sing.mundonounworldmasc. · sing.?»
- ele → chega: subject–verb
- chega → fala: historical present
- fala → Cadê: quotation
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Aí moves the story on to the next event. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2Historical present (chega e fala) makes a past story vivid.
- 3Cadê…? = "where is…?", very common in speech.