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Phrase · ⚖️ Legal & administrative

Quem descumprir as normas estará sujeito a multa.

Anyone who breaks the rules will be liable to a fine.

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Why every word is where it is

Quem1pronounwhoeverdescumprir1verbbreakssubjunctive · future · 3rd sing.asdeterminertheo · fem. · pl. · definitenormasnounrulesnorma · fem. · pl.estaráverbwill beestar · future · 3rd sing.sujeito2adjectiveliablemasc. · sing.a2prepositiontomultanounfinefem. · sing..
  • Quem → descumprir: quem + future subjunctive
  • Quem → estará: subject–verb
  • sujeito → a: sujeito a

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Quem + future subjunctive opens a future case: "whoever breaks…". Frozen subjunctive formulae & legal future subjunctive →
  2. 2
    estar sujeito a = "be liable to"; legal style drops the article before multa.

Variations

  • O descumprimento das normas sujeitará o infrator a multa.