Infinitivo pessoal ou impessoal?

Hi! In the unit above @ 00:01:43 you can read “É o que dá eu namorar sempre com músicos.”
I have a problem with understanding the use of infinitive - “…eu namorar…” Is it personal governed by “com”? I believe not, since the sentence is not introduced by the preposition “com” - it comes after the infinitive (?). If it is impersonal, shouldn’t the preposition “para” be used like: “É o que dá para eu namorar sempre com músicos.”?
As you can see I am confused. Please help.

@bonas.kneck, that’s the personal infinitive, but unrelated to the word “com”. It’s triggered by the personal pronoun “eu” just before. Without the pronoun, the sentence could go either way (personal or impersonal infinitive), but since it’s there, the infinitive should be conjugated accordingly. This is more obvious if you change the person. For example, if it were the 2nd person singular:

With the pronoun "tu"
Personal infinitive: É o que dá tu namorares sempre com músicos :white_check_mark:
Impersonal infinitive: É o que dá tu namorar sempre com músicos :x:

Omitting the pronoun "tu"
Personal infinitive: É o que dá namorares sempre com músicos :white_check_mark:
Impersonal infinitive: É o que dá namorar sempre com músicos :white_check_mark:

2 Likes

Thank you for a clear explanation Joseph :slightly_smiling_face:

1 Like