Breakdown of Os carvõezinhos estão misturados com a areia.
estar
to be (temporary / location)
com
with
o
him/it (m)
misturar
to mix
Questions & Answers about Os carvõezinhos estão misturados com a areia.
How do we form the plural diminutive carvõezinhos from the singular word carvão?
Why does the tilde (~) remain in carvõezinhos even though the stressed syllable has changed?
When adding suffixes like -zinho, words usually lose their written accent marks (like the acute or circumflex) because the primary stress shifts to the suffix. However, the tilde (~) is a nasalization mark rather than a standard stress mark. It stays because the -õe- sound must remain nasalized.
Why do we use estão misturados instead of são misturados here?
Can we use carvão as a countable noun? I thought it just meant the material "coal".