Phrase · 🕵️ Saying what happened (and who did it)

Me deram uma multa por excesso de velocidade.

I got a speeding ticket.

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Why every word is where it is

Me1pronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.deram1verbgavedar · past · 3rd pl.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitemultanounfine, ticketfem. · sing.porprepositionby, for, throughexcessonounexcessmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromvelocidadenounspeedfem. · sing..

deram → multa: direct object

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

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Me deram (3rd plural, no subject) hides the agent; also levei uma multa. Passive alternatives & agent demotion →