Phrase · 🏦 Bank & paperwork
Pra vocês abrirem a conta, preciso do CPF dos dois.
For the two of you to open the account, I need both your CPF numbers.
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Why every word is where it is
Pra1prepositionforparavocêspronounyou (all)você · 3rd pl. · subjectabrirem1verbto openabrir · infinitive · 3rd pl.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitecontanounaccountfem. · sing.,preciso2verbI needprecisar · present · 1st sing.do2prepositionof thede · masc. · sing. · definiteCPF3nountax ID numbermasc. · sing.dosprepositionof thede · masc. · pl. · definitedoisdeterminertwo.
- Pra → abrirem: governs
- vocês → abrirem: subject
- abrirem → conta: object
- preciso → do: preposition
- do → CPF: agreement
Word for word: “For you-all to-open the account, (I) need of-the CPF of-the two.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Pra vocês abrirem: the infinitive gets its own subject and the ending -em (personal infinitive). Personal infinitive I →
- 2precisar de + noun: de + o = do. Before an infinitive there is no de. Verb + infinitive: querer, poder, precisar, saber, dever, conseguir →
- 3o CPF = the Brazilian tax ID number. Foreigners need one too, for almost everything.
Variations
- Para vocês abrirem a conta, preciso do CPF dos dois.
- Vou precisar do CPF de vocês dois.
- Pra abrir a conta conjunta, preciso dos dois CPFs.