Breakdown of É necessário que o supervisor controle o projeto.
ser
to be
o projeto
the project
que
that (conjunction)
necessário
necessary
o supervisor
the supervisor
controlar
to control
Questions & Answers about É necessário que o supervisor controle o projeto.
Why do we use controle instead of the normal present tense controla?
The phrase É necessário que (It is necessary that) expresses a requirement. In Portuguese, impersonal expressions of necessity that use que always trigger the present subjunctive for the verb that follows. Therefore, the indicative controla becomes the subjunctive controle.
Is there a difference between É necessário que and É preciso que?
No, they are essentially interchangeable. Both mean exactly the same thing and both force the following verb into the subjunctive. You could just as easily say É preciso que o supervisor controle o projeto.
Wait, isn't controle a noun meaning 'control'?
It can be confusing! In Portugal, the noun for 'control' is usually o controlo. Here, controle is the present subjunctive form of the verb controlar for ele/ela/você. For regular -ar verbs, the 3rd-person singular subjunctive ending is -e.
How would the sentence change if I didn't use que?
If you drop que, you no longer use the subjunctive. Instead, you use the infinitive. Because you are specifying exactly who needs to do the action (the supervisor), you would use the personal infinitive: É necessário o supervisor controlar o projeto. Both versions are very natural!
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