Questions & Answers about A loja é nova e o hospital é grande.
Why do we use a before loja but o before hospital?
Why is the word for new nova here instead of novo?
Adjectives (describing words) have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Since loja is feminine, the adjective changes its ending to the feminine form, nova.
If adjectives have to match the noun, why doesn't grande change its ending for the masculine hospital?
Most adjectives ending in -o change to -a for feminine nouns. However, adjectives that end in -e, like grande (large or big), are gender-neutral. You use the exact same word, grande, for both masculine and feminine nouns.
Why do we use é for 'is' in this sentence instead of está?