Pronomes relativos em português brasileiro

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Pronomes relativos em português brasileiro

Use que after a person or thing for both English subject relatives (“who lives”) and object relatives (“that I bought”); unlike English object relatives, Portuguese keeps que even when English leaves “that” out. Portuguese often leaves out eu when the verb or context makes it clear, while onde introduces information about a place. Cujo and cuja mean “whose” in formal writing: they agree with the following noun, not the owner, and take no article between them and that noun; everyday speech usually rephrases the relationship. Keep a required preposition before the relative word, as in de que and com quem; a gente is an informal way to say “we” and takes a singular verb.

Que: who, which or that

Que for the person or thing doing the action

pessoa ou coisa que ação que realiza

Que for the thing the action affects

coisa que sujeito e ação sobre essa coisa

Onde for where something happens

lugar onde oração sobre o que acontece nesse lugar

Formal cujo and cuja for “whose”

pessoa cujo(a) substantivo oração / pessoa que oração com a relação expressa

De que for “about which” and com quem for “with whom”

coisa de que oração / pessoa com quem oração

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