Phrase · 📑 Academic & legal formulas
Machado e Alencar foram contemporâneos; este era cearense, aquele, carioca.
Machado and Alencar were contemporaries; the latter was from Ceará, the former from Rio.
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Why every word is where it is
MachadonounMachadoeconjunctionandAlencarnounAlencarforamverbwereser · past · 3rd pl.contemporâneosnouncontemporariescontemporâneo · masc. · pl.;este1pronounthe lattermasc. · sing.eraverbwasser · imperfect · 3rd sing.cearenseadjectivefrom Cearásing.,2aquele1pronounthe formermasc. · sing.,cariocaadjectivefrom Riosing..
- este → Alencar: este = the nearer name (Alencar)
- aquele → Machado: aquele = the farther name (Machado)
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«este» = the latter (the nearer name), «aquele» = the former (the farther one). Cohesion & reference in sophisticated texts →
- 2The comma replaces the omitted verb «era». Cohesion & reference in sophisticated texts →