Breakdown of A gente gosta de descontrair quando há uma boa brisa.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
haver
to be (there is / there are)
bom
good
quando
when
gostar de
to like
a gente
we / people (colloquial)
a brisa
the breeze
descontrair
to relax
Questions & Answers about A gente gosta de descontrair quando há uma boa brisa.
Why is it gosta instead of gostamos if a gente means 'we'?
Even though a gente means 'we' in informal Portuguese, it is grammatically a 3rd-person singular phrase (literally 'the people'). Because of this, it always takes the he/she/it form of the verb. That is why we use gosta instead of the 'we' form gostamos.
Why is there a de between gosta and descontrair?
The verb gostar always requires the preposition de when linking to what you like. When you like doing an action, the structure is gostar de followed by the infinitive of the second verb, which in this case is descontrair (to relax).
I thought há meant 'ago'. Why is it used here?
Why does boa come before brisa instead of after it?
Most adjectives in Portuguese come after the noun, but some common, short adjectives like bom and boa often come before it. Placing boa before brisa is very natural and slightly emphasizes how good the breeze feels.
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