Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Ela comentou que estava pensando em mudar de emprego.
She mentioned she was thinking about changing jobs.
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Why every word is where it is
elapronounshe3rd sing. · subjectcomentou1verbmentionedcomentar · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatestava2verbwasestar · imperfect · 3rd sing.pensando2verbthinkingpensar · gerundem3prepositionaboutmudarverbchanginginfinitivedepreposition(of)emprego4nounjobmasc. · sing..
- ela → comentou: subject
- comentou → que: governs
- estava → pensando: periphrasis
- pensando → em: preposition
- mudar → de: preposition
Word for word: “She commented that (she) was thinking in to-change of job.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1comentar que = to mention, to say in passing: a softer verb than dizer.
- 2"Tô pensando…" → estava pensando: the present progressive shifts to the imperfeito. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3pensar em + infinitive = to think about doing something. Verbs with prepositions (regência I) →
- 4mudar de emprego = to change jobs: de + singular noun, no article.
Variations
- Ela falou que tá pensando em mudar de emprego.
- Ela comentou que queria trocar de emprego.
- Parece que ela quer mudar de emprego.