Phrase · 🌸 Tactful criticism
Tem só uma coisinha que eu mudaria.
There's just one little thing I'd change.
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Why every word is where it is
Tem1verbthere is / are (spoken)ter · present · 3rd sing.sóadverbonly, justumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitecoisinha2nounlittle thingcoisa · fem. · sing.quepronounthat, which, whoeupronounI1st sing. · subjectmudaria1verbwould changemudar · conditional · 1st sing..
- uma → coisinha: feminine
- que → coisinha: que = a coisinha
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Spoken existential tem (= há); conditional mudaria softens it. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →
- 2The diminutive coisinha makes the problem sound smaller. Augmentatives & evaluative suffixes →
Variations
- Há só uma coisinha que eu mudaria.