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Phrase · 🧉 Regional expressions: South, Southeast & Centre-West

Uai, cê não ia chegar mais cedo?

Hang on, weren't you going to get here earlier?

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Why every word is where it is

Uai1interjectionhey, huh,cê2pronounyou (spoken)você · 2nd sing.nãoadverbnot, noiaverbwere going toir · imperfect · 3rd sing.chegarverbarriveinfinitivemaisadverbmorecedoadverbearly?
  • ia → chegar: imperfect of ir + infinitive (unfulfilled plan)
  • cê → ia: cê → ia

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Minas Gerais: «uai» marks surprise or the obvious (like «ué»).
  2. 2
    «cê» is the spoken short form of «você», strongest in Minas and São Paulo.