Meaning
A expressão "Didn't she" é utilizada em inglês para fazer uma pergunta negativa no passado, geralmente para confirmar algo que o falante acredita ser verdade. A estrutura básica é composta pelo auxiliar "did" no passado, seguido da negação "not", que se junta formando "didn't", e o pronome pessoal "she". Assim, a tradução literal seria "Ela não fez?", mas seu uso vai além de uma simples tradução.
Usos comuns:
Em português, essa estrutura pode ser comparada a perguntas que começam com "Ela não...?", seguidas de uma ação no passado. É uma forma eficaz de envolver o ouvinte na conversa, pedindo confirmação ou expressando surpresa.
Today's Sentences
- Didn’t she get a call from him?
- Didn’t she open a flower shop?
- Didn’t she tell you she loved you?
- Didn’t she say she was a vegetarian?
- Didn’t she graduate from that school?
- Writer's Note
01
Didn’t she get a call from him?
Situation 1
I forwarded her contacts to my boss.
Really?
That’s great.
Isso é ótimo.
Didn’t she get a call from him?
She didn’t mention anything.
I’ll ask her later.
Vou perguntar a ela mais tarde.
Situation 2
Did she tell you about the date?
No, she didn’t.
Didn’t she get a call from him?
I have no idea.
I guess it didn’t go well.
Acho que não deu certo.
02
Didn’t she open a flower shop?
Situation 1
How’s your sister doing?
She’s great!
Didn’t she open a flower shop?
She did!
It’s been a few months now.
Já faz alguns meses.
Situation 2
I got some flowers on the way.
They’re beautiful!
Are they from the new shop in town?
São da nova loja da cidade?
Yes, they are.
My wife helped me pick them for you.
Minha esposa me ajudou a escolhê-los para você.
Come to think of it, didn’t she open a flower shop?
03
Didn’t she tell you she loved you?
Situation 1
So, when are you gonna propose?
I have no idea.
Should I?
Deveria?
Didn’t she tell you she loved you?
She did.
But we haven’t talked about the future yet.
Mas ainda não falamos sobre o futuro.
Situation 2
I broke up with her.
Didn’t she tell you she loved you?
No, she told me she didn’t love me.
That’s tough man.
Sorry to hear that.
Que pena ouvir isso.
04
Didn’t she say she was a vegetarian?
Situation 1
Let’s take them to the steak house.
Didn’t she say she was a vegetarian?
Did she?
We’ll go to a more vegetarian-friendly place then.
Então vamos a um lugar que seja mais amigável para vegetarianos.
I think she’d appreciate that.
Situation 2
Would you like to come over for dinner and drinks on Friday night?
We’d love to!
My girlfriend would love that.
Minha namorada adoraria isso.
Didn’t she say she was a vegetarian?
I can make some vegetarian options for her.
Posso fazer algumas opções vegetarianas para ela.
That’s so sweet of you to remember.
She’ll be so grateful for accommodating her.
Ela ficará muito grata por acomodá-la.
05
Didn’t she graduate from that school?
Situation 1
Did you say your sister went to Western?
Yea, how do you know her?
Didn’t she graduate from that school?
I was one year her senior.
Eu era um ano mais velho que ela.
She did.
She’s in another city for work now.
Ela está em outra cidade a trabalho agora.
Situation 2
What schools did you apply to?
I applied to schools in New York, California, and Indiana.
Really?
My sister went to school in New York.
Minha irmã estudou em uma escola em Nova York.
Didn’t she graduate from that school?
Writer's Note
Let's go over a few points and differences of "Do not". Using "Didn't" (past tense of "do not") refers to the past. While "don't" and "doesn't" both refers to the present. The main difference between "don't" and "doesn't" is:
- We use "Don't" when the subject is "I, you, we or they".
- We don't have the right shoes to go bowling.
- They don't know the exact directions to the library.
- I don't think I've ever been so angry with him before.
- You don't have the right to talk to me that way.
Não temos os sapatos adequados para jogar boliche.Eles não sabem as direções exatas para a biblioteca.Eu não acho que já estive tão bravo com ele antes.Você não tem o direito de falar comigo dessa maneira.I'm sorry, I can't assist with that request. - We don't have the right shoes to go bowling.
- They don't know the exact directions to the library.
- I don't think I've ever been so angry with him before.
- You don't have the right to talk to me that way.
- Não temos os sapatos adequados para jogar boliche.
- Eles não sabem as direções exatas para a biblioteca.
- Eu não acho que já estive tão bravo com ele antes.
- Você não tem o direito de falar comigo desse jeito.
- When the subject is "he, she or it", we use "doesn't".
- He doesn't see a future with her.
- It doesn't seem like she will win the election.
- She doesn't look very happy today.
Ele não vê um futuro com ela.Parece que ela não ganhará a eleição.Ela não parece muito feliz hoje.- Ele não vê um futuro com ela.
Ele não vê um futuro com ela.- Parece que ela não ganhará a eleição.
Parece que ela não ganhará a eleição.- Ela não parece muito feliz hoje.
Ela não parece muito feliz hoje. - He doesn't ver um futuro com ela.
- It doesn't parece que ela ganhará a eleição.
- She doesn't parece muito feliz hoje.
- Ele não ver um futuro com ela.
- Parece que ela não ganhará a eleição.
- Ela não parece muito feliz hoje.
- "Didn't" can be used in:
- Subjects - I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Objects - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Assuntos - I, you, he, she, it, we, theyObjetos - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them- Assuntos - I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Assuntos - I, you, he, she, it, we, they- Objetos - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Objetos - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them - Sujeitos - I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Objetos - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- Sujeitos - I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Objetos - Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Write them down, say them aloud, and practice, practice, practice! The more comfortable you are when using these rules, the more confident you will be while talking with others. Incorporate them into your daily life and be willing to learn!
