Phrase · 🎲 Speculating & hedging
É bem provável que eles tenham se perdido.
They've very likely got lost.
B2speculating about the pastAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.bemadverbwell; veryprovável1adjectivelikelysing.queconjunctionthatelespronounthey, themele · 3rd pl.tenham1verbhave (subjunctive)ter · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.se2pronounoneself; (impersonal se)3rdperdido2verbmissed, lostperder · participle · masc. · sing..
- provável → tenham: + subjunctive
- eles → tenham: 3rd plural
- tenham → perdido: compound subjunctive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1É provável que + tenham + participle for a past event. Compound subjunctives (tenha / tivesse / tiver feito) →
- 2Brazilian placement: tenham se perdido (pronoun before the participle). Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →