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Phrase · 🎤 Debating

Pode até ser, mas não é bem assim.

That may be so, but it's not quite like that.

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Why every word is where it is

Pode1verbcanpoder · present · 3rd sing.até1prepositionuntil, byserverbto beinfinitive,masconjunctionbutnãoadverbnot, noéverbisser · present · 3rd sing.bem2adverbwell; veryassim2adverblike this, so.
  • Pode → ser: + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Pode até ser concedes before objecting; até = 'even'. Concession & condition connectives →
  2. 2
    não é bem assim = it's not quite like that. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →