Breakdown of Eles também não se teriam arrependido do fracasso.
não
not / no
eles
they (m)
também
also / too
ter
to have
o fracasso
the failure (lack of success)
arrepender-se de
to regret
Questions & Answers about Eles também não se teriam arrependido do fracasso.
How is the compound conditional formed in teriam arrependido?
The compound conditional expresses an action that would have happened in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb ter in the simple conditional (teriam for eles) followed by the past participle of the main verb (arrependido).
Why does the reflexive pronoun se come before the verb in não se teriam arrependido?
In European Portuguese, negative words like não attract the pronoun, pulling it before the verb (a rule called proclisis). If the negative word were removed, the pronoun would attach to the auxiliary verb using mesoclisis, since it is in the conditional tense: Eles ter-se-iam arrependido.
Why is there a do before fracasso?
The verb arrepender-se (to regret) always requires the preposition de before the thing being regretted. Here, de merges with the masculine singular definite article o to form do (do fracasso).
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