Breakdown of O serviço no restaurante foi horrível.
ser
to be
em
in / on / at
o restaurante
the restaurant
o serviço
the service
Questions & Answers about O serviço no restaurante foi horrível.
How do we know if foi means 'went' from the verb ir, or 'was' from the verb ser?
Why do we use no for 'at the' instead of translating 'at' and 'the' separately?
In Portuguese, the preposition em (which means in, on, or at) always combines with the word for 'the' (o or a). Because restaurante is masculine, em and o merge to make no.
Would the word horrível change if we were describing a feminine word instead of the masculine serviço?
No, it stays exactly the same. Adjectives that end in the letter -l (like horrível or fácil) do not have separate masculine and feminine forms. They only change if the noun they describe is plural.
Why does the word horrível have an accent mark?