Phrase · 🕊️ Managing conflict
Reconheço que poderia ter avisado antes.
I admit I could have let you know earlier.
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Why every word is where it is
Reconheço1verbI admitreconhecer · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatpoderia2verbcouldpoder · conditional · 1st sing.ter2verbhaveinfinitiveavisado3verblet knowavisar · participle · masc. · sing.antesadverbearlier.
- Reconheço → que: complement clause
- poderia → ter: modal + infinitive
- ter → avisado: compound infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Reconheço que = "I admit that": a measured, partial admission.
- 2poderia ter + participle = "could have": a missed possibility, with ter. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →
- 3avisar = "let someone know in advance".