Word
A professora pediu que eu abrisse a câmera, mas eu fiquei de terminar a apresentação primeiro.
Meaning
The teacher asked me to turn on the camera, but I said I would finish the presentation first.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of A professora pediu que eu abrisse a câmera, mas eu fiquei de terminar a apresentação primeiro.
eu
I
mas
but
que
that
pedir
to ask
Questions & Answers about A professora pediu que eu abrisse a câmera, mas eu fiquei de terminar a apresentação primeiro.
Why is it pediu que eu abrisse and not pediu que eu abri or pediu que eu abrir?
Because after pedir que in Portuguese, the verb in the next clause normally goes in the subjunctive.
- pediu = asked / requested
- que eu abrisse = that I open / that I should open
So:
- A professora pediu que eu abrisse a câmera = The teacher asked me to turn on the camera
- eu abri is the preterite indicative: I opened. That would state a completed fact, not the content of the request.
- eu abrir is the personal infinitive, which is not used after pedir que in this structure.
This is a very common pattern:
- Ela pediu que eu esperasse. = She asked me to wait.
- O professor pediu que eles estudassem mais. = The teacher asked them to study more.
What tense is abrisse?