Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
Vale lembrar que a empresa já havia sido multada em 2021.
It is worth recalling that the company had already been fined in 2021.
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Why every word is where it is
Vale1verbit is worthvaler · present · 3rd sing.lembrar1verbrecallinginfinitivequeconjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteempresanouncompanyfem. · sing.jáadverbalreadyhavia2verbhadhaver · imperfect · 3rd sing.sido2verbbeenser · participlemultada2verbfinedmultar · participle · fem. · sing.emprepositionin2021determiner2021.
- Vale → lembrar: vale lembrar
- empresa → havia: subject–verb
- multada → empresa: participle agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Vale lembrar que = it is worth recalling that: brings in background in a news story.
- 2Pluperfect passive havia sido multada: an earlier event; multada agrees with a empresa. Past participles & the pluperfect (tinha feito) →