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Phrase · 💼 Meetings, emails & negotiation

Esse valor está acima do nosso orçamento.

That figure is above our budget.

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Why every word is where it is

Essedeterminerthatmasc. · sing.valor1nounamountmasc. · sing.está2verbisestar · present · 3rd sing.acima2adverbabovedo2prepositionofde+o · masc. · sing. · definitenossodeterminerour1st sing.orçamento3nounbudgetmasc. · sing..
  • valor → está: subject–verb
  • acima → do: acima de
  • nosso → orçamento: agreement

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    o valor = "amount, price" in a negotiation.
  2. 2
    estar acima de = "be above": a position on a scale takes estar. ser or estar? (A1 contrasts) →
  3. 3
    o orçamento = "budget"; also a supplier's "quote".