Learn Portuguese (Portugal): O hospital tem trinta médicos.

O hospital tem trinta médicos.

The hospital has thirty doctors.

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Questions & Answers about O hospital tem trinta médicos.

Since the numbers 1 and 2 change based on gender, does trinta change because médicos is masculine?

No. Unlike the numbers 1 and 2, which have masculine and feminine forms, the tens like trinta (thirty) never change to match the gender of the noun. It is always trinta for both masculine and feminine words.

Why does the verb tem not have a circumflex accent (^)?

Because o hospital is a singular noun. The verb ter (to have) is spelled tem for he, she, or it, but adds a circumflex accent to become têm for they. If we were talking about multiple hospitals, it would be têm.

How do you pronounce the letter 'h' in hospital?

The letter 'h' at the beginning of a word is completely silent in Portuguese. You start pronouncing the word directly from the 'o'.

If the hospital has both male and female doctors, do we still use the masculine word médicos?

Yes! In Portuguese, whenever a group includes both males and females, the masculine plural form is used as the default. So médicos can mean a group of exclusively male doctors, or a mixed group of male and female doctors.