Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Até que, no meio da festa, a luz acabou.
Until, in the middle of the party, the power went out.
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Why every word is where it is
Até1prepositionuntilque1conjunction(that),noprepositionin theem+o · masc. · sing. · definitemeionounmiddlemasc. · sing.daprepositionof thede+a · fem. · sing. · definitefestanounpartyfem. · sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteluznounpowerfem. · sing.acabou2verbwent outacabar · past · 3rd sing..
- Até → que: até que
- luz → acabou: subject–verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Até que… opens the turning point of a story. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2a luz acabou = "the power went out", the everyday Brazilian phrase.