Breakdown of Ele não vai sucumbir, pois a sua convicção é inabalável.
ser
to be
não
not / no
ele
he
ir
to go
seu
your (formal) / his / her (all forms: seu, sua, seus, suas)
pois
because (since, for)
a convicção
the conviction
inabalável
unshakable
sucumbir
to succumb
Questions & Answers about Ele não vai sucumbir, pois a sua convicção é inabalável.
What is the root of the word inabalável?
It comes from the verb abalar, which means to shake, rock, or undermine (like an earthquake or someone's confidence). By adding the negative prefix in- and the suffix -ável (-able), we get inabalável, meaning unshakeable.
Why use pois here instead of porque?
While both mean because, using pois after a comma works much like the English word "for" in this context. It introduces a justification or explanation for the previous statement and sounds slightly more elevated or written than porque.
How could I add "happen what may" to this sentence using the repeated subjunctive structure from this lesson?
Is the article a before sua convicção mandatory here?
Yes, in European Portuguese, it is standard to use the definite article before a possessive pronoun that precedes a noun. While you might hear it dropped in Brazilian Portuguese, in Portugal it should be a sua convicção.
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