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Era para eu ter chegado às oito.

I was supposed to arrive at eight.

B2explaining a change of planinformalAudio · coming soon
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Why every word is where it is

Era1verbwasser · imperfect · 3rd sing.para1prepositionfor, toeupronounI1st sing. · subjectterverbto haveinfinitivechegadoverbarrivedchegar · participle · masc. · sing.àsprepositionto the, ata + asoitodeterminereight.
  • Era → ter: era para + infinitive
  • ter → chegado: compound infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Era para + subject + infinitive = was supposed to; spoken era pra. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →

Variations

  • Era pra eu ter chegado às oito.