Breakdown of O professor cujos alunos falam pouco português vai explicar a lição de novo.
falar
to speak
português
Portuguese
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
o professor
the teacher
Questions & Answers about O professor cujos alunos falam pouco português vai explicar a lição de novo.
What does cujos mean here?
Cujos means whose.
In this sentence, O professor cujos alunos falam pouco português... means The teacher whose students speak little Portuguese...
A key point: cujo / cuja / cujos / cujas shows possession and connects two nouns:
- o professor
- os alunos do professor
So instead of saying something like o professor, os alunos dele..., Portuguese can use cujo to make it more compact and formal.
Why is it cujos and not cujo?