Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Ora, se a medida funcionou em Curitiba, por que não funcionaria aqui?
Well, if the measure worked in Curitiba, why wouldn't it work here?
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Why every word is where it is
Ora1interjectionwell,se2conjunctionifadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitemedidanounmeasurefem. · sing.funcionouverbworkedfuncionar · past · 3rd sing.emprepositioninCuritibanounCuritiba,por3prepositionwhyque3pronoun(what)nãoadverbnotfuncionaria4verbwould it workfuncionar · conditional · 3rd sing.aquiadverbhere?
- Ora → se: argument opener
- medida → funcionou: subject–verb
- por → que: por que
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Ora, se… opens a logical challenge: "Well, if…". Discourse connectors for argument & writing →
- 2se = "if".
- 3por que (two words) asks "why"; porque answers. Questions II: why/because spellings, tags, indirect questions →
- 4funcionaria: conditional for the hypothetical consequence. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →