Breakdown of A cidade onde ela nasceu tem duas igrejas históricas.
ela
she
ter
to have
onde
where
dois
two
a cidade
the city
nascer
to be born
a igreja
the church
histórico
historic
Questions & Answers about A cidade onde ela nasceu tem duas igrejas históricas.
Can I use em que instead of onde in this sentence?
Yes! onde is a relative pronoun used specifically for physical places, meaning "where" or "in which". You could also say A cidade em que ela nasceu, but onde is very natural and common when talking about locations.
Why is it just nasceu? Doesn't "was born" need two words in Portuguese?
In English, "to be born" is a passive phrase, but Portuguese uses a single active verb: nascer. To say "she was born", you just use the simple past tense form of this verb, which is ela nasceu.
I learned that the number two is dois. Why does this sentence use duas?
Why does the adjective históricas come after the noun it describes?
Unlike in English, most descriptive adjectives in Portuguese come right after the noun. Because it describes igrejas, the adjective históricas is placed after it and takes the feminine plural ending to match.
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