Breakdown of Vocês foram à festa na sexta-feira? Foi divertida?
ser
to be
vocês
you (pl)
em
in / on / at
a sexta-feira
the Friday
a
to / at (direction)
ir
to go
a festa
the party
divertido
fun
Questions & Answers about Vocês foram à festa na sexta-feira? Foi divertida?
Why do foram and foi look so similar, and which verbs are they from?
They actually share the exact same forms in the past tense! The highly irregular verbs ir (to go) and ser (to be) are completely identical in the simple past. In this sentence, foram means "went" (from ir) because they went to a place. Foi means "was" (from ser) because it describes the party. You have to use context to tell them apart.
Why is there an accent on the word à?
The word à with a grave accent is a contraction. It combines the preposition a (to) with the feminine word for "the", which is also a. Together, a + a becomes à (to the).
Why do we use na before sexta-feira?
In English, we say "on Friday", but Portuguese uses the preposition em (in/on) plus the word "the" for days of the week. Because sexta-feira is a feminine noun, we combine em + a to get na.
Why does the second sentence just say Foi divertida instead of using a word for "it"?
Portuguese does not have a direct equivalent for the pronoun "it", and you can drop the subject entirely if it is clear from context. Since we were just talking about the party (a festa), saying Foi is enough to mean "It was".
Why is it divertida instead of divertido?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because festa (party) is a feminine noun, the adjective divertida (fun) must also end in -a to be feminine, even though it is in a separate sentence.
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