Breakdown of A mulher mencionou que traria o pergaminho no dia seguinte.
a mulher
the woman
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
trazer
to bring
o dia
the day
que
that (conjunction)
seguinte
following, next
mencionar
to mention
o pergaminho
the parchment
Questions & Answers about A mulher mencionou que traria o pergaminho no dia seguinte.
Why is it no dia seguinte instead of just saying amanhã?
Because this is reported speech! In direct speech, the woman probably said, "I will bring the parchment tomorrow" (amanhã). When we report what she said in the past (mencionou), "tomorrow" shifts to "the next day" (no dia seguinte) to reflect that the "tomorrow" she was talking about has already passed.
Why is the verb traria in the conditional tense?
In direct speech, the woman likely used the future tense: "I will bring" (trarei). When we report a future action from the perspective of the past, the future tense backshifts to the conditional (traria). This matches the English translation "she would bring".
Since traria comes from trazer (to bring), shouldn't it be trazeria?
Normally, you form the conditional by adding endings to the infinitive, but trazer is one of three highly irregular verbs in the future and conditional tenses (along with dizer and fazer). Instead of using the full infinitive, it uses the stem trar-, making it traria.
Why do we need the word no before dia seguinte?
No is the contraction of the preposition em (in/on/at) and the masculine article o (the). In Portuguese, time expressions referring to a specific day generally require this contraction, much like how we say "on the following day" in English.
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