Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Pois então, voltando ao que eu tava contando…
So anyway, back to what I was saying…
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Why every word is where it is
Pois1adverbwellentão1adverbthen,voltando2verbgoing backvoltar · gerundao2prepositionto whata+o · masc. · sing.quepronounthateupronounI1st sing. · subjecttava3verbwasestar · imperfect · 1st sing.contando3verbtellingcontar · gerund…
- Pois → então: marker
- voltando → ao: voltar a
- tava → contando: estar + gerund
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pois então = "so anyway": picks the thread back up. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2voltando ao que… = "going back to what…"; a + o = ao.
- 3tava contando = estava contando, the past progressive in speech.