Word
Eles são os médicos novos.
Meaning
They are the new doctors.
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Questions & Answers about Eles são os médicos novos.
Does eles mean the doctors are all men?
Not necessarily! Eles is used for a group of men, but also for a mixed group of men and women. You would only use elas if you knew for sure that every single doctor in the group was a woman.
What does the squiggly line over the 'a' in são do?
Why do os, médicos, and novos all end in 's'?
Why are the words in the order médicos novos instead of novos médicos?
In Portuguese, adjectives (descriptive words like novos) usually come after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying 'new doctors' like we do in English, you literally say 'doctors new'.