Phrase · 🗺️ Regional speech

Tudo bão, sô? Faz tempo que cê não aparece.

All good, man? You haven’t been around for ages.

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Why every word is where it is

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Faz → que: faz tempo que
cê → aparece: subject–verb

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Tudo bão? = Tudo bom? in a Minas accent; mineiros joke about it themselves. Regional & social variation in grammar →
2
sô = "man", from senhor: Minas Gerais. Regional & social variation in grammar →
3
Faz tempo que + present = "it's been a while since…".
4
cê = spoken você, very frequent in Minas and São Paulo. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →

Variations

Tudo bom? Faz tempo que você não aparece.