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Phrase · 📋 Summarising & reporting

Ele afirmou que não tinha conhecimento do caso.

He stated that he had no knowledge of the case.

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Why every word is where it is

Elepronounhe, him3rd sing.afirmou1verbstatedafirmar · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnãoadverbnot, notinha1verbhadter · imperfect · 3rd sing.conhecimentonounknowledgemasc. · sing.doprepositionof the, from thede + ocasonouncasemasc. · sing..
  • afirmou → tinha: tense shift
  • Ele → afirmou: subject

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Reported speech: “Não tenho conhecimento” → afirmou que não tinha (present → imperfect). Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →