Breakdown of Eles vão dar um voto a quem fizer uma boa atuação.
ele
he
quem
who
um
a / an / some (all forms)
bom
good
a
to / at (direction)
ir
to go
fazer
to do
dar
to give
a atuação
the performance
o voto
the vote
Questions & Answers about Eles vão dar um voto a quem fizer uma boa atuação.
Why do we use the future subjunctive verb fizer after quem here?
We use the future subjunctive (Futuro do Conjuntivo) after relative pronouns like quem (who/whoever) when we are talking about an unknown or unspecific person in the future. Since they don't know who will give a good performance yet, we use fizer instead of the present tense faz.
Why is there an a right before quem?
In Portuguese, you give something to someone (dar a alguém). The preposition a (to) must come right before the person receiving the action. Since the receiver here is quem (whoever), it becomes a quem.
fizer doesn't look much like fazer. How do we form the future subjunctive for this irregular verb?
To find the stem for the future subjunctive, you go to the "they" form of the past tense (Pretérito Perfeito), which is fizeram. Drop the -am ending, and you are left with the stem fizer-. Since quem takes a third-person singular verb, we do not add any extra endings, leaving us with just fizer.
Why does the adjective boa come before the noun atuação?
Most adjectives in Portuguese come after the noun, but some common adjectives describing inherent qualities or subjective opinions—especially bom/boa (good) and mau/má (bad)—usually come before the noun.
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