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Fazer Questão Posted by on Sep 5, 2007 in Grammar

Fazer is a great phrasal verb (like ficar)that has many meanings based on the context and also the use of additional, modifying prepositions or adverbs.

Today let’s discover another use of fazer that indicates insistence: fazer questão. Here’s an example from Guilherme: “Eu faço questão que você jante comigo.” “I insist that you dine with me.” or perhaps a better translation: “Have dinner with me; I insist.

Notice how this phrasal verb takes the subjunctive; this is because insistence takes the subjunctive as well.

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Comments:

  1. Samuel Werneck:

    Fiz questão comentar!! rsrss
    Muito bom esse blog!! Vai para os meus favoritos!

    Vou passar sempre por aqui…

    Abc!!