Phrase · 💭 Hypotheses & regrets
Se você tivesse me avisado, eu teria ido te buscar.
If you'd told me, I'd have come to pick you up.
B2expressing regretAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Se1conjunctionif, whethervocêpronounyou2nd sing.tivesse1verbhad (subjunctive)ter · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.me2pronounme, to meeu · 1st sing.avisado1verbwarnedavisar · participle · masc. · sing.,eupronounI1st sing. · subjectteriaverbwould haveter · conditional · 1st sing.idoverbgoneir · participle · masc. · sing.te2pronounyou, to youtu · 2nd sing.buscar3verbpick up, fetchinfinitive.
- tivesse → avisado: compound
- teria → ido: compound
- ido → buscar: ir + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Unreal past: se + tivesse + participle, then teria + participle. Conditional sentences III: unreal past & mixed →
- 2Brazilian placement: tivesse me avisado, ido te buscar. te with você is normal in speech. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →
- 3ir buscar = to go and pick someone up. Conditional sentences III: unreal past & mixed →