Breakdown of Falas com a tua filha?
falar
to speak
com
with
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
a filha
the daughter
Questions & Answers about Falas com a tua filha?
Why is there an a before tua filha?
In European Portuguese, you almost always need to put a definite article (o, a, os, or as - meaning "the") before a possessive word like tua (your). Since filha is a feminine singular noun, we use the feminine singular article a. It literally looks like "with the your daughter", which is perfectly normal in Portuguese!
Why do we use tua instead of teu? Does it mean the person we are talking to is female?
No, tua is used because the word that comes directly after it, filha (daughter), is feminine. In Portuguese, possessive words always match the gender of the person or thing being possessed (the daughter), not the gender of the owner (the person you are speaking to).
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
Does falas mean "do you speak" or "are you speaking"?
It can mean both! The Portuguese present tense easily covers both the English present simple ("do you speak") and present continuous ("are you speaking"). The exact meaning just depends on the context of your conversation.