Word
Assim que verificar o estado do envio, envio-te a mensagem.
Meaning
As soon as I verify the shipping status, I will send you the message.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Assim que verificar o estado do envio, envio-te a mensagem.
do
of the / from the (do, da, dos, das)
enviar
to send
a mensagem
the message
te
you (informal object)
Questions & Answers about Assim que verificar o estado do envio, envio-te a mensagem.
Why is verificar in the Future Subjunctive here?
The phrase assim que (as soon as) triggers the Future Subjunctive when it introduces an action that hasn't happened yet. Because checking the shipping status is a future event, we must use the Future Subjunctive.
The word verificar looks exactly like the infinitive. Is it?
In this sentence, it is actually the Future Subjunctive for eu (I). For regular verbs, the Future Subjunctive often looks identical to the infinitive. To find the Future Subjunctive stem, take the third-person plural of the past tense (verificaram), remove the -am, and add the endings. For eu, there is no extra ending, leaving us with verificar.
The word envio appears twice. Are they doing the same job in the sentence?
No, and this is a great trap to watch out for! The first envio is a noun meaning the shipment or the shipping (do envio means of the shipment). The second envio is a verb: it is the present tense of enviar for eu (I send).
The English translation says "I will send", but envio-te is in the present tense. Why not use the future tense?