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Ela nos deixou cedo demais.

She was taken from us far too soon.

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Why every word is where it is

Elapronounshe3rd sing. · subjectnos1object pronounusnós · 1st pl. · direct objectdeixou1verbleftdeixar · past · 3rd sing.cedo2adverbearlydemais2adverbtoo.
  • nos → deixou: clitic → verb
  • Ela → deixou: subject–verb
  • cedo → demais: intensifier

Word for word: “She left us too early.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Euphemism: nos deixou = "passed away", gentler than morreu.
  2. 2
    cedo demais = "far too soon": demais follows the word it intensifies.