Breakdown of O aluno gosta de fazer perguntas na reunião.
gostar de
to like
na
in
o aluno
the student
a reunião
the meeting
Questions & Answers about O aluno gosta de fazer perguntas na reunião.
Why do we say gosta de fazer and not gosta fazer?
In Portuguese, the verb gostar almost always needs the preposition de after it.
gostar de + noun:
- gosta de música = likes music
- gosta de perguntas = likes questions
gostar de + infinitive (verb in basic form):
So the structure is: gostar + de + (thing you like).
Leaving out de (gosta fazer) is incorrect in standard Portuguese.
Why is it fazer perguntas and not just the verb perguntar?
Both exist, but they’re used slightly differently.
perguntar = to ask (someone) something
- O aluno pergunta ao professor. = The student asks the teacher.
fazer perguntas = to ask questions / to make questions (emphasis on questions as things)
- O aluno gosta de fazer perguntas. = The student likes to ask questions.
fazer perguntas is very common when you talk about the habit or tendency of asking questions, as in this sentence.
You could say O aluno gosta de perguntar, but it feels more general and less idiomatic here than gosta de fazer perguntas.
Why is it O aluno and not Um aluno?