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Phrase · 🥗 Health & habits

Tenho dormido mal ultimamente.

I’ve been sleeping badly lately.

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Why every word is where it is

Tenho1verbI’ve beenter · present · 1st sing.dormido1verbsleepingdormir · participle · masc. · sing.mal2adverbbadlyultimamenteadverblately.
  • Tenho → dormido: periphrasis
  • mal → dormido: modifier
  • ultimamente → Tenho: modifier

Word for word: “(I) have slept badly lately.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    tenho dormido: perfeito composto for a situation repeated up to now, not a single night. Perfeito composto: tenho feito (“I’ve been doing”) →
  2. 2
    mal (badly) is the opposite of bem; mau (bad) is the opposite of bom. Adverbs in -mente & degree words →

Variations

  • Ando dormindo mal.
  • Não tenho dormido bem.
  • Ultimamente tô dormindo mal.