Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Eu não diria isso; diria que o resultado foi modesto.
I wouldn't say that; I'd say the result was modest.
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Why every word is where it is
EupronounI1st sing. · subjectnão1adverbnotdiria1verbwould saydizer · conditional · 1st sing.isso1pronounthat;diria2verbI'd saydizer · conditional · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteresultadonounresultmasc. · sing.foiverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.modesto3adjectivemodestmasc. · sing..
- Eu → diria: subject–verb
- diria → isso: object
- diria → que: que-clause
- resultado → foi: subject–verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Eu não diria isso: the conditional softens disagreement; dizer → diria, irregular stem dir-. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →
- 2Repeating diria offers your own, more measured version.
- 3modesto is a polite way of saying "smaller than expected".
Variations
- Eu não iria tão longe; diria que o resultado foi modesto.