Breakdown of A família cujas netas moram longe vai visitar a avó em dezembro.
morar
to live
em
in
a família
the family
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about A família cujas netas moram longe vai visitar a avó em dezembro.
What does cujas mean in this sentence?
Cujas means whose.
So A família cujas netas moram longe means The family whose granddaughters live far away.
It shows a relationship of possession or belonging:
- the family
- its granddaughters
In Portuguese, cujo / cuja / cujos / cujas is a relative pronoun used to connect two nouns like whose does in English.
Why is it cujas and not cuja or cujos?
Because cujas must agree with the noun that comes after it, not with the noun before it.
Here is the pattern:
- cujo
- masculine singular noun
- cuja
- feminine singular noun
- cujos
- masculine plural noun
- cujas
- feminine plural noun
In the sentence, the next noun is netas, which is:
- feminine
- plural
So the correct form is cujas.
Why doesn’t cujas agree with família?