Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Quem decide isso não sou eu, é a diretoria.
I'm not the one who decides that; the board is.
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Why every word is where it is
Quem1pronounthe one whodecide1verbdecidesdecidir · present · 3rd sing.issopronounthatnãoadverbnotsou2verbamser · present · 1st sing.eu2pronounI1st sing. · subject,éverbit isser · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitediretoria3nounboardfem. · sing..
- Quem → decide: subject–verb
- sou → eu: subject–verb
- Quem → diretoria: cleft
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Quem… é… is a cleft that puts the person responsible in focus. Clefts & focus (é que, foi … que, o que … é) →
- 2ser agrees with the pronoun, not with quem: não sou eu, like Spanish no soy yo. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
- 3diretoria = "board of directors, management".