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Phrase · 🔦 Emphasis & focus

Esse filme, eu já vi umas três vezes.

That film, I've seen it about three times.

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Why every word is where it is

Essedeterminerthis, thatmasc. · sing.filme1nounfilmmasc. · sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectjáadverbalreadyviverbsawver · past · 1st sing.umas2determinersomeum · fem. · pl. · indefinitetrêsdeterminerthreevezesnountimes, instalmentsvez · fem. · pl..
  • filme → vi: topic = object

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Topic first, no object pronoun later (Spanish needs la). Topicalisation & left dislocation →
  2. 2
    umas + number = about, roughly. Topicalisation & left dislocation →