Phrase · 🌸 Tactful criticism
Não me leve a mal, mas talvez seja melhor revisar o texto.
Don't take this the wrong way, but it might be better to revise the text.
B2softening criticismAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Nãoadverbnot, nomepronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.leve1verbtakelevar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.aprepositionto, atmal1adverbbadly (levar a mal = take it the wrong way),masconjunctionbuttalvez2adverbmaybeseja2verbbe (subjunctive)ser · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.melhoradjectivebettersing.revisarverbreviseinfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetextonountextmasc. · sing..
- Não → leve: negative imperative
- talvez → seja: + subjunctive
- seja → revisar: + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Não me leve a mal is a fixed softener: negative imperative (você) with the pronoun before the verb. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →
- 2talvez before the verb takes the subjunctive: seja. Subjunctive after doubt, denial & impersonal expressions →