O desviador move a corrente.

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Breakdown of O desviador move a corrente.

• mover: to move
• a corrente: a bicycle chain
• o desviador: a bicycle derailleur

Questions & Answers about O desviador move a corrente.

Why are there articles o and a in this sentence?

Because Portuguese normally uses definite articles very often with nouns.

• o desviador = the derailleur
• a corrente = the chain

The article has to match the noun’s gender and number:

• o = masculine singular
• a = feminine singular

So here desviador is treated as masculine, and corrente as feminine.

Why is desviador masculine and corrente feminine?

This is grammatical gender. In Portuguese, every noun is assigned a gender, and the article and some other words must agree with it.

• desviador is masculine, so it takes o
• corrente is feminine, so it takes a

This does not mean the objects are biologically male or female. It is just part of how the language works.

A useful pattern is that many nouns ending in -dor are masculine, such as:

• o motor
• o computador
• o desviador

But you should still learn each noun with its article.

What form is move?