Questions & Answers about Ele planeou a viagem toda.
Why is it planeou and not planejou?
In European Portuguese, the base verb for 'to plan' is planear, making the third-person past tense planeou. The verb planejar (and its past tense planejou) is used in Brazilian Portuguese.
Does placing toda after the noun change the meaning compared to toda a viagem?
The meaning is exactly the same: 'the whole trip.' However, putting toda after the noun (a viagem toda) is very common in everyday speech and adds a bit more emphasis to the fact that it was the entire trip, start to finish.
I sometimes see this spelled as viajem. Why does it have a 'g' here?
When the word is a noun meaning 'the trip,' it is always spelled with a 'g' (a viagem). The spelling with a 'j' (viajem) is a conjugated form of the verb viajar (specifically the present subjunctive), used in phrases like 'I hope they travel' (espero que eles viajem).
The verb planear is an irregular '-ear' verb. Why doesn't planeou have an extra 'i' in it?
Verbs ending in '-ear' like planear only gain that extra 'i' in the present tense when the stress falls on the stem (for example, ele planeia). In the simple past tense, the stress shifts to the ending, so it conjugates regularly without the 'i': ele planeou.
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