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Vou passar a palavra para a Juliana.
I'll hand over to Juliana.
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Why every word is where it is
Vou1verbI'm going toir · present · 1st sing.passar2verbpassinfinitivea2determinertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepalavra2nounfloorfem. · sing.paraprepositiontoa3determiner(the)o · fem. · sing. · definiteJuliananounJuliana.
- Vou → passar: ir + infinitive
- passar → palavra: passar a palavra
- para → Juliana: para + recipient
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1ir + infinitive for the immediate future. ir + infinitive: the spoken future →
- 2passar a palavra para = "hand over to, give the floor to".
- 3An article before first names is common in much of Brazil: a Juliana. Definite & indefinite articles →