Learn French: La porte est ouverte.

Ouvre is the action of opening. Here, the door is already open. We use the verb être (to be) plus ouverte as an adjective to describe its current state, just like the phrase 'is open' in English.

Is ouverte related to the verb ouvrir?

Yes! Ouvert is the past participle of ouvrir (which means 'opened'). French often uses past participles as adjectives. Because la porte is a feminine noun, we add an -e to the end to make it ouverte.

How would I say 'He is opening the door' using the verb from this lesson?

To show the action happening right now, you use the present tense: Il ouvre la porte. Remember that even though ouvrir ends in -ir, it takes regular -er verb endings in the present tense.

Does ouverte change pronunciation compared to ouvert?

Yes. In the masculine form ouvert, the final -t is silent. But when you add the feminine -e to make ouverte, it forces you to pronounce the -t sound at the end of the word.