Questions & Answers about Eu farei tudo pela nação.
Why is the verb farei instead of fazerei?
The verb fazer (to do or make) is irregular in the future tense. Normally, you build the future tense by adding an ending to the full infinitive. However, for fazer, you must use the special shortened stem far- before adding the normal future ending for I, which is -ei.
Why does the sentence use pela to mean for the? Why not para a?
We use the preposition por (which combines with the feminine word a to become pela) when we mean doing something for the sake of or on behalf of someone or something. If you used para a, it would sound more like the nation is a physical destination or the recipient of a physical object.
How do we know to use the feminine pela instead of the masculine pelo before nação?
Portuguese words ending in -ção are almost always feminine, which means they take feminine words like a and pela. As a helpful bonus, they usually correspond to English words ending in -tion (like nation becoming nação).
Is the pronoun Eu strictly necessary at the beginning of the sentence?