Phrase · 🎬 Storytelling with markers
Sabe quando você tem certeza de que vai dar errado?
You know when you're sure it's going to go wrong?
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Why every word is where it is
Sabe1verbyou knowsaber · present · 3rd sing.quando1conjunctionwhenvocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjecttemverbhaveter · present · 3rd sing.certezanouncertaintyfem. · sing.depreposition(of)queconjunctionthatvaiverbis going toir · present · 3rd sing.dar2verbturn outinfinitiveerrado2adjectivewrongmasc. · sing.?
- Sabe → quando: story opener
- vai → dar: ir + infinitive
- dar → errado: dar errado
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Sabe quando…? opens a story by inviting the listener to recognise the situation. Discourse markers in conversation →
- 2dar errado = "go wrong"; the opposite is dar certo. Light verbs & idioms with dar, ficar, deixar, pegar, rolar →