É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.

Breakdown of É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.

ser
to be
você
you
hoje
today
importante
important
que
that
fazer a inscrição
to register

Questions & Answers about É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.

Why is it faça and not faz?

Because é importante que... normally triggers the subjunctive in Portuguese.

So:

  • você faz = indicative, used for plain facts
  • você faça = subjunctive, used here because the sentence expresses importance, recommendation, necessity, or desired action

In other words, after expressions like é importante que, Portuguese usually uses the subjunctive:

  • É importante que você estude.
  • É bom que ele chegue cedo.
  • É necessário que nós saiamos agora.

So faça is the correct form here.

What verb is faça from?

Faça comes from the verb fazer.

This is the present subjunctive form for:

  • eu faça
  • você faça
  • ele/ela faça

A quick look at the present subjunctive of fazer:

  • que eu faça
  • que você faça
  • que ele/ela faça
  • que nós façamos
  • que vocês façam
  • que eles/elas façam

So in the sentence, você faça means you do / you make in the subjunctive sense.

Why is que needed in the sentence?

Here, que introduces the subordinate clause after é importante.

The structure is:

So the sentence is built like this:

  • É importante = the main idea
  • que você faça a inscrição hoje = the clause explaining what is important

This is a very common pattern in Portuguese:

  • É melhor que você espere.
  • É possível que ele venha.
  • É essencial que nós conversemos.

Without que, this particular version of the sentence would not work.

What exactly is a inscrição here?

Inscrição is a noun, and in this kind of sentence it usually means something like registration, sign-up, enrollment, or sometimes application, depending on context.

The expression fazer a inscrição is very common in Brazilian Portuguese. It means to complete the registration/enrollment process.

Examples:

  • fazer a inscrição no curso
  • fazer a inscrição no concurso
  • fazer a inscrição no site

So even though English might say register as a verb, Portuguese often uses the noun expression fazer a inscrição.

Why does Portuguese say fazer a inscrição instead of just using one verb like register?

Because Portuguese often expresses this idea with a fixed expression rather than a single verb.

Two common ways are:

Both are natural, but they are structured differently:

  • É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.
  • É importante que você se inscreva hoje.

These are very close in meaning.

A rough difference:

  • fazer a inscrição can sound a little more like completing the registration process
  • se inscrever is the straightforward verb to register/sign up

In many contexts, both are interchangeable.

Why is there an article in a inscrição? Why not just inscrição?

In normal Portuguese, fazer a inscrição is the most natural form.

The article a is part of the usual expression. Portuguese uses articles more often than English does, especially in set phrases.

So:

  • fazer a inscrição = the normal everyday phrasing
  • fazer inscrição = possible in some very specific styles, such as headlines, notices, or bureaucratic wording, but less natural in ordinary speech

For a learner, fazer a inscrição is the safest and most natural choice.

Could I also say É importante você fazer a inscrição hoje?

Yes. That is also very common in Brazilian Portuguese.

Compare:

  • É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.
  • É importante você fazer a inscrição hoje.

Both are natural. The difference is mainly grammatical style:

  • é importante que você faça = more clearly uses the subjunctive structure
  • é importante você fazer = infinitive structure, very common in spoken Brazilian Portuguese

The version with que + subjunctive can sound a bit more formal or more textbook-like, but it is absolutely normal.

Could I replace fazer a inscrição with se inscrever?

Yes, definitely.

You could say:

  • É importante que você se inscreva hoje.

That is very natural Brazilian Portuguese.

Compare the two:

  • fazer a inscrição = to do/complete the registration
  • se inscrever = to register/sign up

In many situations, the second version may even feel slightly more direct and elegant. But both are correct and common.

Is você necessary here?

In this sentence, você is very helpful and usually preferred.

Portuguese often allows subject pronouns to be omitted, but here the verb form faça can refer to:

  • eu
  • você
  • ele/ela

So if you remove você, the sentence may become less clear unless the subject is obvious from context.

  • É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje. = clear
  • É importante que faça a inscrição hoje. = possible in context, but less explicit

In Brazilian Portuguese, subject pronouns are used quite often anyway, so keeping você sounds natural.

Why is hoje at the end?

Because that is a very natural position for time expressions in Portuguese.

The sentence flows well as:

  • É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje.

Putting hoje at the end gives a neutral emphasis: the important thing is that the registration happens today.

Other positions are possible, but they change the rhythm or emphasis:

  • Hoje, é importante que você faça a inscrição.
    This puts extra focus on today.

  • É importante que você hoje faça a inscrição.
    Grammatically possible, but less natural in everyday speech.

So the end position is the most normal here.

Is this sentence a command?

Not exactly. It is softer than a direct command.

  • É importante que você faça a inscrição hoje. = recommendation, necessity, or strong advice
  • Faça a inscrição hoje. = direct command

So the original sentence sounds more polite and less forceful. It tells someone what is important, rather than ordering them directly.

That makes it useful in formal, professional, academic, or polite everyday situations.

Is this sentence formal or informal Brazilian Portuguese?

It is generally neutral to slightly formal.

Reasons:

  • você is standard and common in Brazil
  • é importante que + subjunctive is a polished, correct structure
  • the whole sentence sounds polite and natural

It would fit well in:

  • emails
  • school or university instructions
  • work situations
  • announcements
  • conversations where you want to sound polite

It is not overly stiff, but it is more careful than very casual speech.

Why does é importante stay singular even though the clause after it is longer?

Because é importante is an impersonal expression here.

The real structure is not agreeing with você or a inscrição. Instead, Portuguese is treating the whole idea that you do the registration today as a single thing:

  • É importante
    • clause

So it stays singular:

  • É importante que você venha.
  • É importante que eles estudem.
  • É importante que nós cheguemos cedo.

Even if the subject inside the clause changes, é importante stays the same.

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