Breakdown of O ministro fará o discurso e tem de cumprir a lei.
e
and
fazer
to do
ter de
to have to
o ministro
the minister
o discurso
the speech
a lei
the law
cumprir
to fulfill
Questions & Answers about O ministro fará o discurso e tem de cumprir a lei.
Why does the verb fazer become fará in the future tense?
Fará is the future tense of fazer (to do/make) for the 'he/she/it' form. For regular verbs in the future tense, you normally just add endings to the full infinitive. However, fazer is an irregular verb. It changes its stem to far- before adding the standard future ending -á.
Why do we use tem de cumprir instead of just tem cumprir?
In Portuguese, the phrase ter de is used to show obligation or necessity, exactly like 'has to' in English. You must include the preposition de between the conjugated verb ter (here, tem) and the action verb in its basic infinitive form (cumprir).
We often say 'give a speech' in English. Why does Portuguese use fazer (to do/make) here?
Why does fará have an accent mark on the last letter?
The acute accent on the á shows that the spoken stress falls on the final syllable. In the future tense, all verbs for the ele/ela/você form end in this stressed -á. Without the accent, the stress would naturally fall on the second-to-last syllable instead.
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