Phrase · 📨 Reporting what someone said
O gerente garantiu que o problema vai ser resolvido hoje.
The manager promised the problem will be sorted out today.
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Why every word is where it is
odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitegerentenounmanagermasc. · sing.garantiu1verbassuredgarantir · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteproblemanounproblemmasc. · sing.vai2verbis going toir · present · 3rd sing.serverbbeinfinitiveresolvido3verbsolvedresolver · participle · masc. · sing.hojeadverbtoday.
- gerente → garantiu: subject
- garantiu → que: governs
- problema → vai: subject
- vai → ser: periphrasis
- problema → resolvido: agreement
Word for word: “The manager guaranteed that the problem goes to-be resolved today.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1garantir que = to assure, to promise someone that.
- 2vai ser: "today" is still ahead, so the future isn’t shifted back. Reported speech I: disse que, perguntou se →
- 3ser resolvido: passive with ser; the participle agrees with problema (masculine). Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →
Variations
- O gerente garantiu que vão resolver o problema hoje.
- O gerente disse que o problema seria resolvido hoje.
- Ficaram de resolver o problema hoje.