{"id":75,"date":"2007-09-05T10:13:27","date_gmt":"2007-09-05T14:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=75"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:52:25","slug":"fazer-questao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/fazer-questao\/","title":{"rendered":"Fazer Quest\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fazer<\/strong> is a great phrasal verb<\/em> (like ficar<\/a><\/strong>)that has many meanings based on the context and also the use of additional, modifying prepositions or adverbs.<\/p>\n

Today let’s discover another use of fazer<\/strong> that indicates insistence: fazer quest\u00e3o<\/strong>. Here’s an example from Guilherme: “Eu fa\u00e7o quest\u00e3o que voc\u00ea jante comigo.<\/strong>” “I insist that you dine with me.<\/em>” or perhaps a better translation: “Have dinner with me; I insist.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Notice how this phrasal verb takes the subjunctive; this is because insistence takes the subjunctive as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 quest\u00e3o. Here’s an example from Guilherme: “Eu fa\u00e7o quest\u00e3o que voc\u00ea jante comigo.” “I insist that you dine with…<\/p>\n

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