Phrase · 🕊️ Managing conflict
Essa decisão não cabe a mim, e sim à diretoria.
That decision isn't up to me but to the board.
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Why every word is where it is
Essadeterminerthatesse · fem. · sing.decisãonoundecisionfem. · sing.nãoadverbnotcabe1verbis upcaber · present · 3rd sing.a1prepositiontomimobject pronounme1st sing. · direct object,e2conjunctionbutsim2adverbratherà3prepositionto thea+a · fem. · sing. · definitediretorianounboardfem. · sing..
- decisão → cabe: subject–verb
- cabe → a: caber a
- cabe → à: caber a
- e → sim: e sim
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1caber a alguém = "be up to someone": the formal way to redirect responsibility. Formal regência (normative verb government) →
- 2não…, e sim… = "not…, but rather…".
- 3a + a diretoria = à diretoria (crase). Crase (à, às, àquele) →