Phrase · 🏦 Bank & paperwork
Você poderia me explicar que taxa é essa?
Could you explain to me what this fee is?
B1asking for an explanation of a feeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectpoderia1verbcouldpoder · conditional · 3rd sing.me2object pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectexplicar2verbexplaininfinitiveque3determinerwhattaxa3nounfeefem. · sing.éverbisser · present · 3rd sing.essapronounthisesse · fem. · sing.?
- Você → poderia: subject
- poderia → explicar: governs
- explicar → me: object
- que → taxa: modifier
- essa → é: subject
Word for word: “You could me explain what fee is that?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1poderia = could you (conditional of poder): a polite request. Futuro do pretérito (conditional) →
- 2me explicar: in Brazil the pronoun goes before the infinitive. Object pronouns as spoken →
- 3que taxa é essa: an embedded question keeps the question order. A taxa = fee, charge. Questions II: why/because spellings, tags, indirect questions →
Variations
- Pode me explicar que taxa é essa?
- Que taxa é essa aqui?
- O senhor poderia me explicar essa cobrança?