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Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers

Pois é, e não é que deu certo?

Yeah, and wouldn't you know it, it worked out!

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Why every word is where it is

Pois1adverbwellé1verbisser · present · 3rd sing.,econjunctionandnão2adverbnoté2verbisser · present · 3rd sing.que2conjunctionthatdeu3verbworked outdar · past · 3rd sing.certo3adjectiverightmasc. · sing.?
  • Pois → é: pois é
  • não → que: e não é que
  • deu → certo: dar certo

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Pois é = "yeah, exactly": agreement before you add something. Discourse markers in conversation →
  2. 2
    E não é que…? marks happy surprise: "and wouldn't you know it…".
  3. 3
    dar certo = "work out"; dar errado = "go wrong". Light verbs & idioms with dar, ficar, deixar, pegar, rolar →

Variations

  • Pois é, e não é que funcionou?