Breakdown of A médica sugere sempre que confirmes o diagnóstico.
a médica
the doctor (f)
sempre
always
que
that (conjunction)
confirmar
to confirm
sugerir
to suggest
o diagnóstico
the diagnosis
Questions & Answers about A médica sugere sempre que confirmes o diagnóstico.
Why is confirmes in the subjunctive here?
The verb sugerir (to suggest) expresses a desire to influence someone else's actions. In Portuguese, verbs of suggestion or recommendation act as triggers that require the subjunctive mood in the following clause. Since the main verb sugere is in the present tense, we use the present subjunctive confirmes.
How do we know the doctor is talking to an informal "you"?
Why is sempre placed after the verb sugere instead of before it like in English?
In European Portuguese, adverbs of frequency like sempre (always) generally come right after the verb in an affirmative main clause. While English puts it before ("always suggests"), Portuguese prefers sugere sempre. You would only put it before the verb if a "magnet" word (like a negative or a relative pronoun) pulled it forward.
Is the word diagnóstico pronounced similarly to the English word "diagnosis"?
They are recognizable cognates, but the stress is quite different. The acute accent on the ó tells you to stress that specific syllable (dee-ahg-NÓS-tee-ko), whereas English stresses the "no" sound later in the word. Also, note that it is a masculine noun (o diagnóstico).
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