Breakdown of Os manequins não são muito visíveis aqui.
ser
to be
não
not / no
muito
much / very
aqui
here
o manequim
the mannequin
visível
visible
Questions & Answers about Os manequins não são muito visíveis aqui.
This lesson teaches the dar para structure. How could we express this same idea using dar para?
You could rephrase it as Não dá para ver muito bem os manequins aqui (It is not possible to see the mannequins very well here). Using the impersonal structure dar para followed by an infinitive like ver is the most natural way in Portuguese to express that you can or cannot do something in a certain situation.
Why does manequim become manequins in the plural?
How does the spelling of visível change when it becomes plural (visíveis)?
Adjectives and nouns ending in -el drop the -l and add -is to form the plural. Because visível has an acute accent on the second-to-last syllable, it keeps that accent in the plural form: visíveis.
Why use são (from the verb ser) instead of estão (from estar) when talking about how they look right "here"?
Even though aqui (here) implies a specific location, the adjective visível (visible) is often treated as a fixed characteristic of the object in that space, which takes ser. However, using estar (não estão muito visíveis) is also perfectly correct and would simply emphasize that this is a temporary layout or setup.
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