Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Diga-se de passagem, a proposta nem foi discutida com os moradores.
Incidentally, the proposal was never even discussed with the residents.
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Why every word is where it is
Diga1verblet it be saiddizer · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.-se1pronoun(passive se)se · 3rdde1prepositioninpassagem1nounpassingfem. · sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepropostanounproposalfem. · sing.nem2adverbnot evenfoiverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.discutida3verbdiscusseddiscutir · participle · fem. · sing.comprepositionwithosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitemoradoresnounresidentsmorador · masc. · pl..
- Diga → passagem: frozen formula
- proposta → foi: subject–verb
- discutida → proposta: participle agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Diga-se de passagem = "incidentally": a frozen subjunctive with se, used for a pointed aside. Frozen subjunctive formulae & legal future subjunctive →
- 2nem before the verb = "not even".
- 3Passive: discutida agrees with a proposta. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →