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Quem diria que a gente ia se casar!

Who'd have thought we'd get married!

B2expressing surpriseinformalpt-BR-spAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Quempronounwhodiria1verbwould saydizer · conditional · 1st sing.queconjunctionthata gentepronounwe (spoken)3rd sing.iaverbwas going toir · imperfect · 3rd sing.sepronounoneself; (impersonal se)3rdcasarverbmarryinfinitive!
  • a gente → ia: 3rd sing
  • ia → casar: ir + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Quem diria = who'd have thought; a gente ia se casar = we were going to get married. Sequence of tenses & reported speech II →