Phrase · 🫂 Feelings & empathy

Que ele descanse em paz.

May he rest in peace.

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Why every word is where it is

Que1conjunctionmayelepronounhe3rd sing. · subjectdescanse1verbrestdescansar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.emprepositioninpaznounpeacefem. · sing..

Que → descanse: triggers subjunctive
ele → descanse: subject–verb

Why it's built this way

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Que + present subjunctive expresses a wish: a frozen formula for someone who has died. Frozen subjunctive formulae & legal future subjunctive →