Phrase · 📖 Telling a story
Depois de um tempo, a gente percebeu que tava perdido.
After a while, we realised we were lost.
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Why every word is where it is
Depois deprepositionafterumdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefinitetempo1nounwhile (time)masc. · sing.,a gente2pronounwe3rd sing. · subjectpercebeu3verbrealisedperceber · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthattavaverbwas (were)estar · imperfect · 3rd sing.perdidoadjectivelostmasc. · sing..
- a gente → percebeu: subject
- percebeu → que: governs
- a gente → tava: subject
- a gente → perdido: agreement
Word for word: “After of a time, the people realised that (we) was lost.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1depois de um tempo = after a while. Tempo is both "time" and "weather".
- 2a gente = we, with a 3rd-person singular verb (percebeu, tava). The adjective can be singular or plural: perdido(s). Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
- 3perceber = to realise, to notice. It isn’t reflexive.
Variations
- Depois de um tempo, a gente percebeu que estava perdido.
- Depois de um tempo, percebemos que estávamos perdidos.
- Uma hora, a gente se tocou que tava perdido.