Learn Portuguese (Portugal): O meu computador é novo.

O meu computador é novo.

My computer is new.

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Questions & Answers about O meu computador é novo.

Why does the sentence start with O if the English translation just uses the word My?

In European Portuguese, you usually must put a definite article right before a possessive word. Because computador is a masculine noun, we use the masculine article O before meu. The literal translation would be The my computer.

Does meu change to minha if a woman is speaking?

No! The possessive word always matches the gender of the object being owned, not the gender of the owner. Since computador is masculine, it is always o meu computador, no matter who owns it.

Why use é instead of está?

In Portuguese, we use the verb ser (conjugated here as é) to describe defining traits. Being new is considered a core characteristic of the computer, so we use é. The other verb for to be is estar, but that is for temporary conditions, like being turned on or broken.

What would the sentence look like if I had more than one new computer?

Everything in the sentence would become plural to match! You would change the article, the possessive word, the noun, the verb, and the adjective. The sentence would become Os meus computadores são novos.