Word
Quando o juiz vier ao tribunal, o advogado dirá a verdade.
Meaning
When the judge comes to the court, the lawyer will tell the truth.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Quando o juiz vier ao tribunal, o advogado dirá a verdade.
a
to / at (direction)
quando
when
dizer
to say
a verdade
the truth
Questions & Answers about Quando o juiz vier ao tribunal, o advogado dirá a verdade.
Why is the verb "to come" written as vier here instead of the future tense virá?
Wait, isn't vier the future subjunctive of the verb ver (to see)?
It is very easy to mix them up! The Future Subjunctive of vir (to come) is vier. The Future Subjunctive of ver (to see) is actually vir. If the sentence meant "When the judge sees the court", it would be Quando o juiz vir...
Why is dirá in the normal future tense and not the Future Subjunctive like vier?
Quando only triggers the Future Subjunctive in the clause it directly introduces (the condition: when the judge comes). The main action of the sentence (the result: the lawyer will tell the truth) just uses the normal Future Indicative tense. Dirá is the irregular future form of dizer (to say/tell).
Why use ao tribunal instead of para o tribunal?