Phrase · 🕊️ Managing conflict
Sinto muito que você tenha se sentido desrespeitado.
I'm sorry you felt disrespected.
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Why every word is where it is
Sinto1verbI feelsentir · present · 1st sing.muito1adverbvery muchqueconjunctionthatvocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjecttenha2verbhaveter · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.se3pronoun(yourself)3rdsentido2verbfeltsentir · participle · masc. · sing.desrespeitadoadjectivedisrespectedmasc. · sing..
- Sinto → tenha: triggers subjunctive
- você → tenha: subject–verb
- tenha → sentido: compound tense
- se → sentido: sentir-se
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Sinto muito que + subjunctive: regret about a feeling, not an admission of fault. Subjunctive after wishes, requests & emotions →
- 2Perfect subjunctive tenha sentido: a past experience after a verb of emotion. Compound subjunctives (tenha / tivesse / tiver feito) →
- 3sentir-se: Brazilian usage puts se between the auxiliary and the participle. Clitic placement by register & written object pronouns →