Breakdown of O torneio de karaté que vocês organizam é no sábado.
ser
to be
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
vocês
you (pl)
no
in the / on the / at the (m, f, pl forms: na, nos, nas)
o sábado
the Saturday
organizar
to organize
que
who / which / that (relative)
o karaté
the karate
o torneio
the tournament
Questions & Answers about O torneio de karaté que vocês organizam é no sábado.
Why do we use é (from ser) here instead of está (from estar) to talk about when something is happening?
Even though estar is usually used for locations and temporary states, events—like a tournament, a party, or a concert—always use ser to say when or where they take place.
Could I drop the word que and just say O torneio de karaté vocês organizam... like we do in English?
No. In English, we often drop "that" (the tournament you organize), but in Portuguese, the relative pronoun que is mandatory. You must always include it to connect the two parts of the sentence.
Why is it no sábado instead of just em sábado for "on Saturday"?
In Portuguese, days of the week almost always require a definite article. To say "on Saturday", you combine the preposition em (on/in/at) with the masculine singular article o, which contracts to make no.
Why does karaté have an accent mark?
In European Portuguese, it is spelled karaté with an acute accent to show that the stress falls on the final syllable, with an open "e" sound.
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