Word
Fico triste que a especialidade tenha sido demasiado salgada.
Meaning
I am sad that the specialty was too salty.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Fico triste que a especialidade tenha sido demasiado salgada.
ser
to be
ter
to have
triste
sad
que
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Fico triste que a especialidade tenha sido demasiado salgada.
Why do we use tenha sido instead of the normal past tense foi here?
The phrase fico triste que expresses a present emotion about something that already happened. In Portuguese, showing emotion about a completed action triggers the Present Perfect Subjunctive. You form this with the present subjunctive of the auxiliary verb ter (tenha) plus the past participle of the main verb (sido).
Why does the sentence use fico triste instead of estou triste?
Since a especialidade and salgada are feminine, why doesn't demasiado change to demasiada?
In this sentence, demasiado is acting as an adverb modifying the adjective salgada to mean 'too' or 'excessively'. Adverbs are invariable, meaning they never change gender or number. It would only change to demasiada if it were an adjective describing a feminine noun, like in demasiada comida (too much food).
Why is the verb ser (sido) used for the food being salty rather than ()?