"She finds her grandmother's letters."

Translation: Ela encontra cartas de sua avó.

[LarissaHir]

Because in Portuguese the object comes first, in this case: cartas. Ex: A casa da mulher ( the house of the woman). You can also say : ela encontrou as cartas da avó dela though.

[ajrossiter]

Ahhh....object always comes first ne? Okay ;) Thanks for the help random stranger :B

[noekains]

Because the English sentence is "her grandmother's letters", rather than "[some] letters of her grandmother", shouldn't it be "as cartas" rather than just "cartas"?

[G.P.Niers]

I think so too. It seems the Portuguese and English sentences don't have quite the same meaning.

[verinapk]

Gee! I got it correct on the first go

[DavidJaram2]

Vó and avó is used for both sexs?

[lmogreat]

Vó and avó are grandmother, vô and avô are grandfather

[Latcarf]

Why is "Ela encontra as cartas dela sua avó." not correct?

[BreadMenace]

"Dela" has to immediately follow the thing that is "hers," so it has to be "avó dela" rather than "cartas dela"