Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Em termos: o objetivo é bom, mas o prazo me parece irreal.
Up to a point: the goal is good, but the deadline seems unrealistic to me.
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Why every word is where it is
Em1prepositionintermos1nountermstermo · masc. · pl.:odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteobjetivonoungoalmasc. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.bomadjectivegoodmasc. · sing.,masconjunctionbutodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteprazonoundeadlinemasc. · sing.me2object pronounto me1st sing. · indirect objectparece2verbseemsparecer · present · 3rd sing.irrealadjectiveunrealisticmasc. · sing..
- Em → termos: qualified yes
- objetivo → é: subject–verb
- me → parece: dative pronoun
- prazo → parece: subject–verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Em termos, as a reply, = "up to a point, sort of": a yes with reservations.
- 2me parece: pronoun before the verb after a noun subject, the normal Brazilian order. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →