A cabine do karaokê está pronta.

to be

Breakdown of A cabine do karaokê está pronta.

• pronto: ready
• o karaokê: karaoke
• a cabine: the booth

Questions & Answers about A cabine do karaokê está pronta.

Why is it a cabine and not o cabine?

Because cabine is a feminine noun in Portuguese, so it takes the feminine article a.

• a cabine = the booth / the cabin
• o carro = the car
• a sala = the room

A useful reminder: noun gender in Portuguese is grammatical, not logical. Also, words ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine, so you often just have to learn them individually. Cabine happens to be feminine.

Why does pronta end in -a?

Because adjectives usually agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

Here, pronta describes cabine, which is feminine singular, so the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• a cabine está pronta
• o quarto está pronto
• as cabines estão prontas
• os quartos estão prontos

So pronta matches cabine.

Why is it está pronta instead of é pronta?