Phrase · 🫂 Feelings & empathy
Meus sentimentos pela perda do seu pai.
My condolences on the loss of your father.
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Why every word is where it is
Meus1determinermymeu · 1st pl.sentimentos1nouncondolencessentimento · masc. · pl.pela2prepositionfor thepor+a · fem. · sing. · definiteperdanounlossfem. · sing.doprepositionofde+o · masc. · sing. · definiteseudetermineryour3rd sing.painounfathermasc. · sing..
- Meus → sentimentos: agreement
- sentimentos → pela: sentimentos por
- seu → pai: agreement
Word for word: “My feelings for the loss of your father.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Meus sentimentos = "my condolences": the most common Brazilian formula, short and warm.
- 2pela = por + a: what the sympathy is for.