Breakdown of Visto que trouxeste cerejas, vou comer as que estão maduras.
estar
to be (temporary / location)
comer
to eat
ir
to go
trazer
to bring
que
who / which / that (relative)
visto que
seeing that
maduro
ripe
a cereja
the cherry
Questions & Answers about Visto que trouxeste cerejas, vou comer as que estão maduras.
What does as que mean here, and why use it instead of aquelas que?
as here acts as a demonstrative pronoun meaning "the ones" or "those". It takes the feminine plural form to agree with cerejas (cherries). While you could say aquelas que, using the definite article forms (o, a, os, as) before que or de is a very natural and common way in Portuguese to say "the one(s) that" or "the one(s) from".
Why does visto que trigger the indicative trouxeste instead of the subjunctive?
Even though many conjunctions ending in que require the subjunctive, visto que (meaning "since" or "seeing as") introduces an established fact rather than a doubt, emotion, or hypothetical situation. Because the bringing of the cherries is a confirmed reality, it takes the indicative mood.
I always mix up the irregular past tense of this verb. What is the infinitive for trouxeste?
The infinitive is trazer (to bring). The simple past tense (pretérito perfeito) is highly irregular: eu trouxe, tu trouxeste, ele/ela/você trouxe, nós trouxemos, and eles/elas/vocês trouxeram.
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