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O que é que a receção faria por mim?

O que é que a receção faria por mim?
What would the reception do for me?
From Lesson 107:Conditional tense of irregular verbs (faria, diria, traria)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O que é que a receção faria por mim?

Why is the verb faria instead of fazeria?
Faria is the conditional form of fazer (to do/make). Fazer is irregular in the conditional tense. Instead of adding the conditional endings to the full infinitive like regular verbs, it drops the -ze- and uses the base far-. Since a receção is a third-person singular noun, we add the ending -ia to get faria.
Why use O que é que instead of just O que?
While you can say O que faria a receção, Portuguese speakers use O que é que (literally what is it that) very often in everyday speech to ask questions. It sounds more natural and allows you to keep the subject and verb in the normal order (a receção faria) instead of flipping them.
Why do we use por mim here instead of para mim?
We use por because it means on behalf of or for the benefit of. If you ask what the reception would do por mim, you are asking what services or favors they can provide for you. Para is usually used when physically giving a specific object or directing something to someone.
Why is it mim and not eu?
Mim is an object pronoun used instead of eu whenever it comes directly after a preposition, such as por, para, de, or a. Since the sentence uses the preposition por, it must be followed by mim.

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