Phrase · 🖋️ Rhetoric & literary style
Pudesse eu voltar no tempo, faria tudo de novo.
Could I go back in time, I'd do it all again.
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Why every word is where it is
Pudesse1verbcouldpoder · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.eu1pronounI1st sing. · subjectvoltarverbgo backinfinitivenoprepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definitetemponountimemasc. · sing.,fariaverbI would dofazer · conditional · 1st sing.tudopronouneverythingmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromnovoadjectiveagainmasc. · sing..
- Pudesse → eu: verb first, subject after
- Pudesse → faria: condition → conditional
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«Pudesse eu» = se eu pudesse. Irregular imperfect subjunctive of «poder». Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →