Phrase · 💬 Catching up & small talk
Fiquei sabendo que você mudou de emprego.
I heard you changed jobs.
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Why every word is where it is
Fiquei1verbI gotficar · past · 1st sing.sabendo1verbknowing (heard)saber · gerundqueconjunctionthatvocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectmudou2verbchangedmudar · past · 3rd sing.de2prepositionofemprego3nounjobmasc. · sing..
- Fiquei → sabendo: periphrasis
- você → mudou: subject
- mudou → de: preposition
Word for word: “(I) got knowing that you changed of job.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1ficar sabendo = to hear, find out. No reflexive and no de before que. ficar: stay, become, be located →
- 2mudar de + noun = to change (job, house, mind). Mudar alone can also mean to move house. Verbs with prepositions (regência I) →
- 3o emprego = job. Spanish empleo sounds formal; Portuguese emprego is everyday.
Variations
- Soube que você mudou de emprego.
- Me falaram que você tá num emprego novo.
- É verdade que você mudou de emprego?