Phrase · 🖋️ Rhetoric & literary style
É mister reconhecer os erros do passado.
It is necessary to acknowledge the mistakes of the past.
C2solemn statementformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Éverbit isser · present · 3rd sing.mister1adjectivenecessarysing.reconhecerverbacknowledgeinfinitiveosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definiteerrosnounmistakeserro · masc. · pl.doprepositionof thede + o · masc. · sing. · definitepassadonounpastmasc. · sing..
- É → reconhecer: é mister + infinitive
- erros → passado: erros do passado
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«é mister» = it is necessary (Spanish «es menester»); solemn and old-fashioned. Literary & archaic layer: vós, haver de, elevated connectors →