Word
Que sorte, o elevador voltou a funcionar.
Meaning
How lucky, the elevator started working again.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Que sorte, o elevador voltou a funcionar.
o elevador
the elevator
que sorte
how lucky
voltar a funcionar
to start working again
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Questions & Answers about Que sorte, o elevador voltou a funcionar.
What does Que sorte do at the beginning of the sentence? Is there a verb missing?
No verb is missing. Que sorte is a very common exclamation in Portuguese, similar to How lucky!, What luck!, or Good thing! in English.
Portuguese often allows short exclamatory expressions like this without a verb. So Que sorte works as a complete emotional reaction before the speaker adds the rest of the information.
In this sentence, it sets the tone first: the speaker is reacting positively to what happened.
Why is there a comma after Que sorte?
The comma separates the exclamation Que sorte from the main statement o elevador voltou a funcionar.
It works a bit like saying in English:
- What luck, the elevator is working again.
The comma shows a pause between the emotional reaction and the explanation of why the speaker feels that way.
Why is it o elevador and not just elevador?