Breakdown of Eu próprio aqueço sempre antes do treino.
eu
I
sempre
always
antes de
before
o treino
the workout
Questions & Answers about Eu próprio aqueço sempre antes do treino.
Why use próprio here instead of just saying eu?
It acts as an emphatic pronoun meaning myself or personally. Adding próprio right after eu emphasises that the speaker does the warming up themselves, drawing attention to their own agency.
Would a woman say this sentence exactly the same way?
Why does the verb aqueço have a cedilla (ç) when the infinitive aquecer does not?
The infinitive aquecer uses a regular c, which naturally makes a soft s sound before the letter e. However, in the I form, the ending is o. If you wrote aqueco, the c would make a hard k sound. Changing the letter to ç before the o keeps the original soft sound of the verb.