Word
Eles vão ao bairro onde moras para que a equipa distribua os cabazes.
Meaning
They are going to the neighborhood where you live so that the team distributes the food baskets.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Eles vão ao bairro onde moras para que a equipa distribua os cabazes.
eles
they (m)
onde
where
morar
to live
ao
to the / at the (m.sg; f.sg à, m.pl aos, f.pl às)
Questions & Answers about Eles vão ao bairro onde moras para que a equipa distribua os cabazes.
Why do we use the subjunctive form distribua here?
The phrase para que means 'so that' or 'in order that' and shows the purpose of an action. In Portuguese, conjunctions of purpose always force the following verb into the subjunctive mood.
Could I say para a equipa distribuir instead?
Yes, absolutely! Because the subject changes from 'they' (eles) to 'the team' (a equipa), you can either use para que with the present subjunctive (distribua) or just para with the personal infinitive (distribuir). Both are common and mean the exact same thing.
Distribuir is an -ir verb. Why does its subjunctive end in -a?
In the present subjunctive, the vowel endings swap. Regular -ar verbs take -e endings, while -er and -ir verbs take -a endings. Therefore, the third-person singular form of the -ir verb distribuir becomes distribua.
Why is it ao bairro and not para o bairro?