Questions & Answers about Ela ia criar conteúdo, mas adormeceu.
Why use ia (Imperfeito) instead of foi (Pretérito Perfeito) here?
ia is the Imperfeito of ir (to go). We use ia + the infinitive (criar) to express an unfulfilled past intention: something she was going to do but ultimately didn't. If you used foi criar, it would mean she actually went somewhere and successfully completed the action.
Why does the tense change from ia to adormeceu?
This is a classic pairing! The Imperfeito (ia criar) sets the scene by describing an ongoing background intention or plan. The Pretérito Perfeito (adormeceu) is then used for the sudden, completed event that abruptly interrupted that plan.
Could I use dormiu instead of adormeceu?
They have slightly different meanings. dormir means to sleep, so ela dormiu simply means she slept. adormecer means to fall asleep. Using adormeceu focuses on the specific transition of drifting off, which perfectly explains exactly how her plan was ruined.
Why is there no article before conteúdo? Shouldn't it be o conteúdo?
We leave out the article here because she is talking about creating content in a general, uncountable sense, rather than a specific piece of media. It works exactly like the English translation: we say she was going to create content, not create the content.