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Ninguém soube me informar o prazo.

Nobody could tell me the deadline.

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Why every word is where it is

Ninguémpronounnobodysing.soubeverbknew how, couldsaber · past · 3rd sing.me1pronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.informar1verbinforminfinitiveodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteprazonoundeadlinemasc. · sing..

soube → informar: + infinitive
me → informar: pronoun before infinitive

Why it's built this way

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Pronoun between the two verbs: soube me informar; informar algo a alguém, no de. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →