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Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Nó, que trem bom esse pão de queijo da sua mãe!

Wow, your mum’s cheese bread is so good!

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Why every word is where it is

Nó1interjectionwow,quedeterminerwhat atrem2nounthingmasc. · sing.bomadjectivegoodmasc. · sing.essedeterminerthismasc. · sing.pão3nounbreadmasc. · sing.de3prepositionofqueijo3nouncheesemasc. · sing.daprepositionofde+a · fem. · sing. · definitesuadetermineryourseu · 3rd sing.mãenounmotherfem. · sing.!
  • trem → bom: noun–adjective
  • esse → pão: determiner–noun
  • pão → queijo: compound

Word for word: “Wow, what a good thing this cheese bread of your mother's!”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Nó! (short for Nossa!) = "Wow!": a Minas Gerais trademark. Regional & social variation in grammar →
  2. 2
    In Minas, trem = "thing", anything at all, not just a train. Regional & social variation in grammar →
  3. 3
    pão de queijo = cheese bread, the classic Minas snack.

Variations

  • Nossa, que delícia esse pão de queijo da sua mãe!