Learn Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil): Ontem o entregador trouxe o colchão novo, mas o guarda-roupa ainda não chegou. - Yesterday the delivery man brought the new mattress, but the wardrobe has not arrived yet.

Breakdown of Ontem o entregador trouxe o colchão novo, mas o guarda-roupa ainda não chegou.

Why does the sentence start with Ontem?

Ontem means yesterday, and it is a time expression. Portuguese often puts time expressions at the beginning of the sentence to set the scene.

So:

You could also say:

That is also correct. Starting with ontem just gives the time first.

Why are there so many os in the sentence?

Each o is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

In this sentence:

Portuguese uses definite articles more often than English does, so seeing several of them in one sentence is very normal.

What tense is trouxe?