Phrase · ✉️ Formal emails
Venho informar que houve um erro na fatura.
I'm writing to let you know there was an error on the invoice.
B2reporting a problemformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Venho1verbcome (venho + inf = I'm writing to)vir · present · 1st sing.informarverbinforminfinitivequeconjunctionthathouve2verbthere was / werehaver · past · 3rd sing.umdetermineramasc. · sing. · indefiniteerronounerrormasc. · sing.naprepositionin the, on theem + afaturanouninvoice, billfem. · sing..
- Venho → informar: vir + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Venho + infinitive = I'm writing to… (formal). Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →
- 2houve = there was (past of haver). Passive alternatives & agent demotion →