Phrase · 🗺️ Plans with conditions
Vou sair mais cedo para não pegar trânsito.
I’ll leave earlier so I don’t hit traffic.
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Why every word is where it is
Vou1verbI’m going toir · present · 1st sing.sair1verbleaveinfinitivemaisadverbmorecedoadverbearlypara2prepositionso (as)nãoadverbnotpegar3verbhitinfinitivetrânsito3nountrafficmasc. · sing..
- Vou → sair: periphrasis
- para → pegar: governs
- pegar → trânsito: object
Word for word: “(I) go to-leave more early for not to-catch traffic.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Vou sair: ir + infinitive, with no a in between. ir + infinitive: the spoken future →
- 2para + infinitive when the subject is the same: I leave so that I don’t hit traffic. Subjunctive in adverbial clauses I: purpose & time →
- 3pegar trânsito = to get stuck in traffic. Pegar is a very common everyday verb.
Variations
- Vou sair mais cedo pra não pegar trânsito.
- Vou sair cedo pra fugir do trânsito.
- Vou sair antes para não pegar engarrafamento.