Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast
Avia, menino, que a gente vai se atrasar!
Hurry up, boy, or we'll be late!
C2hurrying someoneinformalpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Avia1verbhurry upaviar · imperative · 2nd sing.,meninonounboymasc. · sing.,queconjunctionbecauseadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitegentenounwe (lit. people)fem. · sing.vai2verbis going toir · present · 3rd sing.se2pronoun(ourselves)atrasar2verbbe lateinfinitive!
- gente → vai: a gente + vai
- se → atrasar: se atrasar
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«aviar» = to hurry (Northeast and interior); «Avia!» = hurry up!
- 2In speech the pronoun goes before the infinitive: vai se atrasar.