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Phrase · 🔦 Emphasis & focus

Essa música, eu não aguento mais.

That song, I can't stand it any more.

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Why every word is where it is

Essadeterminerthis, thatesse · fem. · sing.música1nounsongfem. · sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectnãoadverbnot, noaguento1verbstandaguentar · present · 1st sing.maisadverbmore.
  • Essa → música: feminine
  • música → aguento: topic = object

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Topic first, then the comment; Brazilian speech leaves the object out (no a), unlike Spanish ya no la aguanto. Topicalisation & left dislocation →