Breakdown of É preciso que tu ingiras todos os nutrientes.
tu
you
o
him/it (m)
todo
all / whole
que
that (conjunction)
é preciso
it is necessary
ingerir
to ingest
o nutriente
the nutrient
Questions & Answers about É preciso que tu ingiras todos os nutrientes.
Why is the verb spelled ingiras with a 'j' instead of a 'g' like in its infinitive ingerir?
Verbs ending in -gerir, like ingerir, change their g to a j before an a or an o to maintain the soft consonant sound. Since this sentence uses the present subjunctive, which takes -a endings for -er verbs, the spelling must change to ingiras so it isn't mispronounced with a hard 'g' sound.
Why do we use the subjunctive mood (ingiras) here instead of the present indicative?
The impersonal phrase é preciso que (it is necessary that) expresses a requirement or a need imposed on someone else. In Portuguese, impersonal expressions showing necessity, emotion, value judgments, or doubt always trigger the subjunctive mood in the following clause.
Could we drop the word que and say É preciso tu ingerires instead?
Yes! You can drop que and use the personal infinitive instead. The sentence would become É preciso tu ingerires todos os nutrientes. Both forms are extremely common and perfectly correct in European Portuguese, though the personal infinitive often sounds a bit more direct and concise.
Why do we need the article os after todos? Doesn't todos already mean 'all'?
In Portuguese, when you want to say 'all the' or 'all of the' followed by a specific noun, you must use todos or todas plus the matching definite article. So, 'all the nutrients' translates exactly to todos os nutrientes.
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