Phrase · 🎤 Debating
Por um lado, a proposta é interessante; por outro, é cara.
On the one hand, the proposal is interesting; on the other, it's expensive.
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Why every word is where it is
Por um lado1adverbon the one hand,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepropostanounproposalfem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.interessanteadjectiveinterestingsing.;por outro1adverbon the other (hand)por outro (lado),é2verbisser · present · 3rd sing.cara2adjectiveexpensivecaro · fem. · sing..
- Por um lado → por outro: two sides
- proposta → cara: feminine
- a → proposta: feminine
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Por um lado… por outro (lado) frames two sides of an argument; the second lado is often dropped. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →
- 2No subject repeated: é cara still refers to a proposta, so cara is feminine. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →