Breakdown of Para alcançar a glória, tu hás de enfrentar muitos obstáculos.
tu
you
muito
much / very
para
to / for
alcançar
to achieve
o obstáculo
the obstacle
haver de
shall / will / ought to / should
enfrentar
to face
a glória
the glory
Questions & Answers about Para alcançar a glória, tu hás de enfrentar muitos obstáculos.
Why use hás de enfrentar instead of the normal future tense like vais enfrentar?
The structure haver de + infinitive expresses a strong conviction, a promise, or something that is destined to happen. While vais enfrentar just states a future fact (you are going to face), hás de enfrentar adds a sense of inevitability, like saying you are bound to face or you shall face.
I usually only see haver used as há (there is/there are). How does it conjugate as an auxiliary verb here?
Why do we use the infinitive alcançar directly after para?
In Portuguese, the preposition para followed by an infinitive usually translates to 'in order to'. It shows the purpose of the action. You do not need to conjugate it into a regular tense because the preposition already sets up the relationship.
Since the subject is tu, shouldn't it be the personal infinitive alcançares?
You absolutely can say para alcançares a glória, and it sounds very natural! However, when the subject of the first part is the exact same as the second part (you are achieving, and you are facing), using the basic, uninflected infinitive alcançar is also completely correct and very common.
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