Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast
Se abanque aí, que o café já sai.
Make yourself at home, the coffee's coming right up.
C2welcoming a guestinformalpt-BR-regAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
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- Se → abanque: spoken proclisis at the start
- já → sai: já sai = coming right up
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«abancar-se» = to sit down; a welcoming formula from the Northeastern interior.
- 2Pronoun first («Se abanque») is normal speech; formal writing has «Abanque-se». Prestige vs stigmatised variants & style-shifting →