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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

É justamente aí que reside o problema.

That is precisely where the problem lies.

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Why every word is where it is

É1verbit isser · present · 3rd sing.justamenteadverbpreciselyaíadverbthereque1conjunctionthatresideverbliesresidir · present · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteproblemanounproblemmasc. · sing..
  • É → que: cleft: é… que
  • problema → reside: subject after the verb

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Cleft «é aí que» (Spanish: es ahí donde). Clefts & focus (é que, foi … que, o que … é) →