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Os atores foram muito simpáticos.

Os atores foram muito simpáticos.
The actors were very nice.
From Lesson 66:Past tense of ser and ir (fui, foi)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Os atores foram muito simpáticos.

ser
to be
muito
much / very
simpático
nice
o ator
the actor

Questions & Answers about Os atores foram muito simpáticos.

Wait, I thought foram meant "they went". Does it mean "they were" here?
Yes! The verbs ser (to be) and ir (to go) share the exact same forms in the simple past tense. Because this sentence describes a characteristic (simpáticos), we know foram comes from ser and means "they were". If the sentence were about a destination, it would mean "they went".
Why is the plural of actor atores and not just ators?
In Portuguese, nouns that end in a consonant like -r usually add -es to make the plural. So, o ator (the actor) becomes os atores.
Since atores and simpáticos are plural, shouldn't muito be pluralized to muitos?
Not in this case. When muito is used as an adverb meaning "very" (describing an adjective), it never changes form. It only becomes muitos when it means "many" and describes a noun, like in muitos atores (many actors).
Does the adjective simpáticos still have to match atores even though muito is in between them?
Yes! Adjectives always have to match the noun they describe in gender and number, no matter how many other words come between them. Since os atores is masculine and plural, you must use the masculine plural form simpáticos.

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