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O anfitrião é uma pessoa muito importante na festa.

O anfitrião é uma pessoa muito importante na festa.
The host is a very important person at the party.
FromLesson 5inHardcore Portuguese (Brazil)

Breakdown of O anfitrião é uma pessoa muito importante na festa.

ser
to be
uma
a
muito
very
importante
important
a festa
the party
o anfitrião
the host
pessoa
person

Questions & Answers about O anfitrião é uma pessoa muito importante na festa.

Why do we use é instead of está in this sentence?
In Portuguese, é is used to describe a more permanent or inherent quality. Saying O anfitrião é uma pessoa muito importante indicates that being an important person is a defining characteristic of the host, rather than a temporary state.
Why is pessoa always feminine, even though it can refer to any gender?
Grammatical gender in Portuguese doesn’t always match biological gender. The word pessoa is grammatically feminine, which is why we say uma pessoa regardless of whether the person is male or female.
Why do we say uma pessoa instead of um pessoa?
Since pessoa is a feminine noun, we must use the feminine article uma rather than the masculine article um.
What does muito importante mean grammatically?
Muito (which literally means “very”) acts as an intensifier for the adjective importante in this phrase. Together, muito importante describes a high degree of importance.
How do we get na festa from em a festa?
In Portuguese, the preposition em (in/at) combines with the feminine article a to form na. So em + a festa = na festa. This is a standard contraction that indicates location (at the party).
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