Phrase · 🎶 Cultural references & allusions
Minha terra tem palmeiras onde canta o sabiá.
My land has palm trees where the thrush sings.
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Why every word is where it is
Minhadeterminermymeu · 1st sing.terra1nounlandfem. · sing.temverbhaster · present · 3rd sing.palmeirasnounpalm treespalmeira · fem. · pl.ondeadverbwherecantaverbsingscantar · present · 3rd sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesabiá2nounsabiá (thrush)masc. · sing..
- canta → sabiá: inversion: canta o sabiá
- onde → palmeiras: onde → palmeiras
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Opening of Gonçalves Dias's «Canção do Exílio» (1843), Brazil's most parodied poem; quoted for homesickness.
- 2The «sabiá» (a thrush) is Brazil's national bird.