Breakdown of O vendedor está a mostrar-nos um padrão novo e uma tendência popular.
e
and
novo
new / young
um
a / an / some (all forms)
estar
to be (temporary / location)
nos
us
mostrar
to show
o vendedor
the seller
popular
popular
o padrão
the pattern
a tendência
the trend
Questions & Answers about O vendedor está a mostrar-nos um padrão novo e uma tendência popular.
Why is the pronoun nos attached to the end of mostrar?
In European Portuguese, when using a continuous tense formed by estar a + infinitive, object pronouns like nos typically attach to the end of the main verb (the infinitive) with a hyphen, giving us a mostrar-nos.
Can the pronoun nos be attached to está instead of mostrar?
Yes! With this specific verbal complex, you actually have two very common and correct options. You can attach the pronoun to the infinitive (está a mostrar-nos) or to the auxiliary verb (está-nos a mostrar). Both sound perfectly natural in Portugal.
I usually see padrão translated as 'standard'. How does it mean 'pattern' here?
Why do the adjectives novo and popular come after their nouns here?
In Portuguese, adjectives generally follow the noun to provide a literal, objective description. If you were to move novo before the noun to make um novo padrão, it would shift the meaning slightly to 'another pattern' or 'a newly acquired pattern', rather than a physically brand new one.
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