Breakdown of A casa tem catorze quartos.
a casa
the house
ter
to have
o quarto
the bedroom / the room
catorze
fourteen
Questions & Answers about A casa tem catorze quartos.
Why do we use tem here?
I have seen "fourteen" spelled with a "q" before. Why is it catorze here?
In European Portuguese, catorze is the standard spelling and pronunciation for the number fourteen. You might occasionally see quatorze, which is much more common in Brazilian Portuguese, but you should stick to catorze in Portugal.
Does quartos mean any room in the house, or just bedrooms?
When talking about a house, a quarto almost always specifically means a bedroom. If you want to talk about rooms in general, you would use the word divisões.
Why doesn't the number catorze change its ending to match the masculine plural word quartos?
In Portuguese, most numbers from three upwards only have one form. They do not change to match the gender of the noun they describe. Only the numbers one (um or uma) and two (dois or duas), as well as hundreds, change based on masculine or feminine words.