"Eles esquecem onde é a casa."

Translation: They forget where the house is.

[Tartaruhga]

Why do not "they forget where is the house"?

[TimTobish]

Answer please?

[tolunayo]

Because this is wrong for English reported questions:

https://www.eslbase.com/grammar/reported-questions

[qkmr534]

Came here due to the same mistake... seems like I’m learning English instead of Portuguese.

[peterjoel58]

why is "they forget where their house is" wrong?

[mauno41]

because it does not say it is their house, its just a random house mate

[WarNoAli]

That would be "Eles esquecem onde a casa deles."

[Paulenrique]

Eles esquecem onde é a casa deles.

[JaapMeneer]

Could you use 'cadê' here instead of 'onde é'?

[Lacyowl]

"Cadê" is only used in questions, so no. Interestingly, although "cadê" is a shortened version of "que é de" it's used to ask "onde está/estão?" and not "onde é?".

[Lauren.M.Q]

Shouldn't it be 'estar' rather than 'ser'? I'm confused.

[Paulenrique]

For unmovable things, you should use "Ser".

[tolunayo]

Another difference from Spanish :)

[sueliruis]

TRADUÇÃO: ELES ESQUECEM ONDE A CASA É
OTRA: TRADUZIDO POR VCS THEY FORGET WERE THE HOUSE IS
NÃO ENTENDI PORQUE O "IS" SE JUSTIFICA A FRASE NO FIM, ME EXPLIQUEM POR FAVOR.

[Paulenrique]

Não é uma pergunta. O "is" deve ser colocado antes do sujeito em perguntas.