Phrase · 🎲 Speculating & hedging

Pode ser que o voo atrase.

The flight might be delayed.

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Why every word is where it is

Pode1verbcanpoder · present · 3rd sing.serverbto beinfinitiveque1conjunctionthatodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitevoonounflightmasc. · sing.atrase1verbis delayed (subjunctive)atrasar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing..

Pode → atrase: pode ser que + subjunctive
voo → atrase: subject

Why it's built this way

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Pode ser que + subjunctive (atrase); no se, unlike Spanish se retrase. Subjunctive after doubt, denial & impersonal expressions →