Phrase · 🥊 Arguing & persuading
Querendo ou não, a tecnologia já faz parte da sala de aula.
Like it or not, technology is already part of the classroom.
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Why every word is where it is
Querendo1verbwantingquerer · gerundou1conjunctionornão1adverbnot,adeterminer(the)o · fem. · sing. · definitetecnologianountechnologyfem. · sing.jáadverbalreadyfaz2verbisfazer · present · 3rd sing.parte2nounpartfem. · sing.da2prepositionof thede+a · fem. · sing. · definitesalanounroomfem. · sing.deprepositionofaulanounclassfem. · sing..
- Querendo → não: querendo ou não
- tecnologia → faz: subject–verb
- faz → da: fazer parte de
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Querendo ou não = "like it or not": a gerund formula that heads off objections. Reduced clauses I: gerund & infinitive clauses →
- 2fazer parte de = "be part of".