Questions & Answers about O molde é simples.
Why does the sentence start with o?
O is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.
In o molde é simples, molde is a masculine singular noun, so it takes o:
- o molde = the mold / the template
Portuguese usually uses definite articles more often than English does, so o is very natural here.
Why is it molde and not something like moldu or molda?
Molde is just the dictionary form of the noun. Its grammatical gender is masculine, even though it ends in -e.
In Portuguese, noun gender is not always predictable from the ending:
- many masculine nouns end in -o
- many feminine nouns end in -a
- but nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine
So you simply learn molde as a masculine noun:
- o molde
- um molde
Why is é written with an accent?