Breakdown of Eu não preciso de participar no projeto.
eu
I
não
not / no
em
in / on / at
precisar de
to need
o projeto
the project
participar
to participate
Questions & Answers about Eu não preciso de participar no projeto.
Why do we need the word de after preciso?
In Portuguese, the verb precisar (to need) requires the preposition de when it is followed by a noun or another verb. Even though in English we just say "need to participate", in Portuguese you must use the pattern precisar de + infinitive, which gives us preciso de participar.
Why does the sentence use no instead of em for "in the"?
The verb participar requires the preposition em (to participate in). Because projeto is a masculine singular noun and we are saying "in the project", we combine the preposition em with the masculine definite article o (the). The words em + o contract to become no.
Could I drop the pronoun Eu and just say "Não preciso de participar no projeto"?
Why isn't the second verb (participar) conjugated to match the subject?
When you have a phrase with a conjugated verb followed by a preposition (like preciso de here), the verb that comes immediately after stays in its dictionary form, called the infinitive. That is why we use participar instead of a conjugated form.
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