Questions & Answers about O carro branco é rápido.
Why does the sentence say carro branco instead of branco carro?
In English, we put the color before the noun. In Portuguese, descriptive adjectives like colors almost always come after the noun they describe. So, you literally say "car white".
Why do both branco and rápido end with the letter o?
Adjectives in Portuguese must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because carro is a masculine word, the adjectives branco (white) and rápido (fast) take their masculine singular forms, which usually end in -o. If we were talking about a feminine noun like a house (a casa), they would change to branca and rápida.
Why use é for "is" here instead of está?
What does the accent mark on rápido do?
The acute accent tells you which syllable gets the most emphasis when you speak. It shows that you should stress the first syllable (RA-pi-do).
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