Phrase · 🎚️ Nuance & positioning
Sem querer generalizar, muitos jovens já não assistem à TV aberta.
Without wanting to generalise, many young people no longer watch free-to-air TV.
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Why every word is where it is
Sem1prepositionwithoutquerer1verbwantinginfinitivegeneralizar1verbto generaliseinfinitive,muitosdeterminermanymuito · masc. · pl.jovensnounyoung peoplejovem · masc. · pl.já2adverb(any)não2adverbno longerassistem3verbwatchassistir · present · 3rd pl.à3preposition(to) thea+a · fem. · sing. · definiteTVnounTVfem. · sing.aberta4adjectivefree-to-airaberto · fem. · sing..
- Sem → generalizar: hedge
- jovens → assistem: subject–verb
- assistem → à: assistir a
- TV → aberta: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Sem querer generalizar hedges a broad claim before you make it.
- 2já não = "no longer", like Spanish ya no.
- 3In careful language assistir (watch) takes a: assistem à TV. Speech says assistem TV. Formal regência (normative verb government) →
- 4TV aberta = free-to-air television, as opposed to cable or streaming.