Phrase · 🎭 Indirect invitations & refusals
Se Deus quiser, eu vou.
God willing, I'll come.
C2hopeful but vague promiselearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
SeconjunctionifDeusnounGodquiser1verbwantsquerer · subjunctive · future · 3rd sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectvouverbI goir · present · 1st sing..
- Se → quiser: se + future subjunctive
- quiser → vou: condition → present for future
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Future subjunctive «quiser» (Spanish uses the present: si Dios quiere). Often a vague promise. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →