Breakdown of O gato cuja adoção nós aprovámos precisaria de um tutor.
o gato
the cat
nós
we
um
a / an / some (all forms)
precisar de
to need
Questions & Answers about O gato cuja adoção nós aprovámos precisaria de um tutor.
Why is it cuja when the cat (o gato) is masculine?
Shouldn't it be cuja a adoção?
No, the words cujo, cuja, cujos, and cujas already include the idea of "the" for the noun that follows. You should never put a definite article like o or a right after them.
Why is there an accent on aprovámos?
In European Portuguese, this accent marks the past tense. It tells you to pronounce the "a" with an open sound, distinguishing the past "we approved" (aprovámos) from the present tense "we approve" (aprovamos).
What tense is precisaria?
It is the conditional tense of precisar, meaning "would need". It is formed by taking the full infinitive (precisar) and adding the conditional endings, which is -ia here to match the subject, O gato.
Why do we need the word de after precisaria?