Phrase · 🔑 Renting & home problems
Preciso que alguém venha olhar isso ainda hoje.
I need someone to come and look at this today.
B1asking for an urgent repairAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Preciso1verbI needprecisar · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatalguémpronounsomeonevenha2verbcomevir · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.olhar3verblook atinfinitiveissopronounthisainda hoje4adverbtoday (at the latest).
- Preciso → venha: trigger
- alguém → venha: subject
- venha → olhar: governs
- olhar → isso: object
Word for word: “(I) need that someone comes to-look-at that still today.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Preciso que + subjunctive for something you need someone else to do. Subjunctive after wishes, requests & emotions →
- 2venha: subjunctive of vir, from venho. Present subjunctive: forms →
- 3vir olhar = come and look: the infinitive follows directly, with nothing in between. Deixis: ir/vir, levar/trazer →
- 4ainda hoje = today, before the day is over.
Variations
- Preciso que alguém venha ver isso hoje.
- Dá pra mandar alguém ainda hoje?
- É urgente: preciso de um técnico hoje.