Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
Falaram que vai ter greve amanhã.
They’re saying there’s going to be a strike tomorrow.
B1passing on a rumourinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Falaram1verbthey saidfalar · past · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthatvai2verbis going toir · present · 3rd sing.ter2verbbe (there)infinitivegreve3nounstrikefem. · sing.amanhãadverbtomorrow.
- Falaram → que: governs
- vai → ter: periphrasis
- ter → greve: object
Word for word: “(They) said that goes to-have strike tomorrow.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Falaram que: a 3rd-person plural verb with no subject = "people say, they say". Impersonal and passive se; generic subjects →
- 2vai ter = there’s going to be (spoken ter for "there is"; writing: haverá). Existential tem (speech) vs há (writing) →
- 3a greve = strike (Spanish huelga).
Variations
- Disseram que vai ter greve amanhã.
- Parece que vai ter greve amanhã.
- Dizem que amanhã vai ter greve.