Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
Partindo do pressuposto de que a amostra é representativa, os resultados podem ser generalizados.
Assuming that the sample is representative, the results can be generalised.
C1organizing discourseformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Partindo1verbstartingpartir · gerunddo1prepositionfrom thede+o · masc. · sing. · definitepressuposto1nounassumptionmasc. · sing.de1preposition(of)que1conjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteamostranounsamplefem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.representativaadjectiverepresentativerepresentativo · fem. · sing.,osdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definiteresultadosnounresultsresultado · masc. · pl.podemverbcanpoder · present · 3rd pl.ser2verbbeinfinitivegeneralizados2verbgeneralisedgeneralizar · participle · masc. · pl..
- Partindo → que: fixed frame
- resultados → podem: subject–verb
- generalizados → resultados: participle agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Partindo do pressuposto de que = "assuming that"; keep the de before que. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2Passive infinitive: generalizados agrees with os resultados. Passive voice with ser (and estar / ficar + participle) →