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Você está no mudo, não estamos te ouvindo.

You're on mute, we can't hear you.

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Why every word is where it is

Vocêpronounyou2nd sing.estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.noprepositionin the, on theem + omudo1nounmutemasc. · sing.,nãoadverbnot, noestamosverbwe areestar · present · 1st pl.tepronounyou, to youtu · 2nd sing.ouvindo2verbhearingouvir · gerund.
  • estamos → ouvindo: estar + gerund
  • te → ouvindo: object pronoun

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    estar no mudo = to be on mute; tirar do mudo = to unmute. Register switching: spoken ↔ written BR →
  2. 2
    Progressive estamos te ouvindo for 'can hear'; pronoun before the gerund. Aspectual periphrases I: começar a, parar de, voltar a… →