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Phrase · 🕊️ Diplomacy & delicate topics

Esse é um assunto delicado; podemos conversar em particular?

That's a delicate subject; could we talk in private?

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Why every word is where it is

Essepronounthatmasc. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteassunto1nounsubjectmasc. · sing.delicadoadjectivedelicatemasc. · sing.;podemosverbcan wepoder · present · 1st pl.conversarverbtalkinfinitiveemprepositionin, onparticular2adjectiveprivatesing.?
  • assunto → delicado: assunto delicado
  • podemos → conversar: poder + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «assunto» = subject, matter (Spanish «asunto»).
  2. 2
    «em particular» = in private (not "in particular", which is «em especial»).