Breakdown of Logo que recebermos as pulseiras, entraremos no recinto.
em
in / on / at
entrar
to enter
receber
to receive
logo que
as soon as
Questions & Answers about Logo que recebermos as pulseiras, entraremos no recinto.
Why do we use recebermos (future subjunctive) here instead of the normal future tense?
Because of the phrase logo que (as soon as). In Portuguese, when you use a time word like quando, assim que, or logo que to talk about an action that hasn't happened yet, you must use the Future Subjunctive (Futuro do Conjuntivo). We are waiting to receive the wristbands in the future, so receber becomes recebermos for the "we" form.
I've learned that regular verbs have the exact same forms for the Personal Infinitive and the Future Subjunctive. Which one is recebermos?
You are completely right! For regular verbs like receber, the two tenses look identical. However, grammatically, this is the Future Subjunctive because it is triggered by the conjunction logo que. You can tell the difference with irregular verbs. For example, if the verb was fazer, it would be fizermos in the Future Subjunctive, but fazermos in the Personal Infinitive.
Can I use assim que instead of logo que?
Yes! Both logo que and assim que mean "as soon as" and are completely interchangeable here. Both of them trigger the Future Subjunctive when talking about the future, so you could perfectly say: assim que recebermos as pulseiras.
Why is entraremos in the normal future tense and not the subjunctive like the first half of the sentence?