Phrase · 🧑 Describing people
Quem é aquela moça de óculos?
Who’s that young woman with glasses?
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Why every word is where it is
Quempronounwhoéverbisser · present · 3rd sing.aquela1determinerthataquele · fem. · sing.moça2nounyoung womanfem. · sing.de3prepositionwithóculosnounglassesmasc. · pl.?
- Quem → é: subject
- aquela → moça: agreement
- de → óculos: preposition
- óculos → moça: modifier
Word for word: “Who is that girl of glasses?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1aquela = that (over there), for someone at a distance from both of you. Demonstratives & place adverbs →
- 2moça = young woman: polite and very common in Brazil.
- 3de óculos = with glasses: de + what someone wears. Óculos is always plural.
Variations
- Quem é aquela menina de óculos?
- Quem é aquele rapaz de boné?
- Você sabe quem é aquela moça?