Breakdown of A namorada com quem moro vai apoiar a tua ideia.
quem
who
a ideia
the idea
com
with
morar
to live
teu
your (informal, m/f/pl: teu, tua, teus, tuas)
ir
to go
a namorada
the girlfriend
apoiar
to support
Questions & Answers about A namorada com quem moro vai apoiar a tua ideia.
In English, the sentence ends with 'with'. Why is com (with) in the middle of the Portuguese sentence?
In English, we often put prepositions at the end of a clause, like 'I live with'. In Portuguese, a preposition can never end a clause. It must come right before the relative pronoun. So, the Portuguese sentence literally says 'The girlfriend with whom I live' (A namorada com quem moro).
Why do we use quem instead of que in this sentence?
When you use a relative pronoun right after a preposition (like com, de, or em) and you are talking about a person, you must use quem (whom). You would only use que after a preposition if you were talking about a thing or an object.
If the subject is A namorada (The girlfriend), why is the verb morar (to live) in the 'I' form (moro)?
The sentence actually has two different subjects for its two parts. The main action is 'The girlfriend is going to support' (A namorada vai apoiar). The extra information inside the sentence is 'with whom I live' (com quem moro). Because you are the one living with her, that verb is conjugated as moro (I live).
Why is there an a before tua ideia?
In European Portuguese, you almost always need to put a definite article (like o or a) before a possessive word (like meu or tua). Because ideia is a feminine noun, you use the feminine article a to make a tua ideia (your idea).
How does vai apoiar translate to 'is going to support'?
This is a very common way to talk about the future. You simply take the present tense of the verb ir (to go) and add the main action verb in its raw dictionary form (the infinitive). Here, vai (she goes) plus apoiar (to support) creates 'is going to support'.
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