Phrase · 🤝 Persuading & negotiating
Posso abrir uma exceção, contanto que vocês mantenham o prazo.
I can make an exception, as long as you keep to the deadline.
B2setting conditionsAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
PossoverbI canpoder · present · 1st sing.abrir1verbmake (lit. open)infinitiveumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefiniteexceção1nounexceptionfem. · sing.,contanto que2conjunctionas long asvocêspronounyou (plural)você · 2nd pl.mantenham2verbkeepmanter · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteprazonoundeadlinemasc. · sing..
- contanto que → mantenham: + subjunctive
- vocês → mantenham: 3rd plural
- Posso → abrir: + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Collocation: abrir uma exceção = to make an exception. Concession & condition connectives →
- 2contanto que (as long as) takes the subjunctive: mantenham (manter → mantenha). Concession & condition connectives →