Word
Quem quiser provar a melancia pode pegar um pedaço depois do almoço.
Meaning
Whoever wants to taste the watermelon can take a piece after lunch.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Quem quiser provar a melancia pode pegar um pedaço depois do almoço.
querer
to want
um
a
poder
can
depois de
after
Questions & Answers about Quem quiser provar a melancia pode pegar um pedaço depois do almoço.
Why is it quem quiser and not quem quer?
Because quiser is the future subjunctive of querer.
In Portuguese, after quem when you mean whoever / anyone who / the person who, Portuguese often uses the future subjunctive if the idea is open, indefinite, or conditional:
- Quem quiser = whoever wants to
- Quem puder = whoever can
- Quem souber = whoever knows
If you said quem quer, it would sound more like who wants...? in a direct-question-like way, not the same structure as whoever wants to.
So:
- Quem quiser provar a melancia... = Whoever wants to taste the watermelon...
What exactly is the future subjunctive, and why is it used here?