Phrase · 🔦 Emphasis & focus
Nunca na minha vida vi uma coisa dessas!
Never in my life have I seen anything like it!
B2expressing astonishmentinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Nuncaadverbnevernaprepositionin the, on theem + aminhadeterminermymeu · 1st sing.vidanounlifefem. · sing.viverbsawver · past · 1st sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitecoisanounthingfem. · sing.dessas1prepositionlike that (uma coisa dessas)de + essa!
- uma → coisa: feminine
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1uma coisa dessas = anything like that; no inversion needed after nunca. Topicalisation & left dislocation →