Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Como dizia Tom Jobim, o Brasil não é para principiantes.
As Tom Jobim used to say, Brazil is not for beginners.
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Why every word is where it is
Comoconjunctionas, likedizia2verbused to saydizer · imperfect · 3rd sing.TomnounTomJobimnounJobim,o1determinerthemasc. · sing. · definiteBrasil1nounBrazilnãoadverbnot, noéverbisser · present · 3rd sing.paraprepositionfor, toprincipiantesnounbeginnersprincipiante · pl..
- dizia → Jobim: dizia → Tom Jobim (subject after the verb)
- Brasil → principiantes: o Brasil não é para principiantes
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Brasil» takes the article: o Brasil, no Brasil (Spanish «Brasil»).
- 2Imperfect «dizia» = used to say. The line is attributed to Tom Jobim.