Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers

Resumindo a ópera: ninguém apareceu.

Long story short: nobody showed up.

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Why every word is where it is

Resumindo1verbsumming upresumir · gerunda1determinertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteópera1nounoperafem. · sing.:ninguém2pronounnobodyapareceu2verbshowed upaparecer · past · 3rd sing..

Resumindo → ópera: idiom
ninguém → apareceu: subject–verb

Word for word: “Summing up the opera: nobody appeared.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Resumindo a ópera = a jokey "long story short" after a long tale.
2
ninguém before the verb needs no não.