Phrase · 🫂 Feelings & empathy
Não se cobre tanto: você fez o que pôde.
Don't be so hard on yourself: you did what you could.
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Why every word is where it is
Não1adverbdon'tse1pronounyourself3rdcobre1verbbe hard oncobrar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.tantoadverbso much:vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectfezverbdidfazer · past · 3rd sing.o2pronounwhatque2pronoun(that)pôde2verbyou couldpoder · past · 3rd sing..
- Não → se: não attracts the clitic
- se → cobre: clitic → verb
- você → fez: subject–verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Negative imperative = subjunctive: não se cobre; cobrar-se = "be hard on yourself". Imperative & polite requests →
- 2pôde (past, circumflex) vs pode (present): fez o que pôde.