Breakdown of O gestor pede o pré-aviso, exceto se houver uma emergência.
um
a / an / some (all forms)
haver
to be (there is / there are)
pedir
to ask for
a emergência
the emergency
o gestor
the manager (administrator)
exceto se
unless
o pré-aviso
the advance notice
Questions & Answers about O gestor pede o pré-aviso, exceto se houver uma emergência.
Why is there a hyphen in pré-aviso?
In English we say the manager asks "for" the notice, but there is no preposition like por after pede. Why?
The verb pedir (to ask for, to request) connects directly to its object without a preposition. Therefore, "asks for the advance notice" is simply pede o pré-aviso, never pede pelo pré-aviso.
Why is the verb haver conjugated as houver in this sentence?
Houver is the future subjunctive form of haver (used here to mean "there to be"). The word se (if) triggers the future subjunctive in this clause because it introduces a hypothetical condition that might happen in the future: "except if there is an emergency".
Could I use a menos que instead of exceto se to mean "unless"?
Yes, a menos que is a very common alternative. However, it requires a different verb tense. While se triggers the future subjunctive (houver), a menos que always triggers the present subjunctive. If you swapped them, the end of the sentence would become: a menos que haja uma emergência.
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