Phrase · 🪶 Hedging & softening
Se me permite uma sugestão, eu cortaria esse parágrafo.
If I may make a suggestion, I'd cut this paragraph.
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Why every word is where it is
Seconjunctionifme1object pronounme1st sing. · indirect objectpermite1verballowpermitir · present · 3rd sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitesugestãonounsuggestionfem. · sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectcortaria2verbwould cutcortar · conditional · 1st sing.essedeterminerthismasc. · sing.parágrafonounparagraphmasc. · sing..
- me → permite: proclisis after se
- eu → cortaria: subject–verb
- esse → parágrafo: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Se me permite… asks permission before criticising; permite goes with você.
- 2The conditional cortaria turns an order into advice. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →