Word
O vidro da janela está partido!
Meaning
The window glass is broken!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O vidro da janela está partido!
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
estar
to be (temporary / location)
a janela
the window
o vidro
the glass (material)
Questions & Answers about O vidro da janela está partido!
How do we form partido from the verb partir?
Partido (broken) is the past participle of the regular verb partir (to break). To form the past participle of regular -ir verbs, you drop the -ir ending and add -ido. Because it is acting as an adjective describing o vidro (masculine, singular), it stays as partido. If it were describing a feminine word, it would change to partida to match.
Why do we use está instead of é for something being broken?
We use está (from estar) because being broken is a resulting state or condition, not a permanent, built-in characteristic of the glass. The glass was whole before, but an event happened, and now it is in a broken state.
Why does the sentence say o vidro da janela instead of something like 'a janela vidro' for 'window glass'?
In English, we can put two nouns together (window + glass), but in Portuguese, you cannot stack nouns like that. You have to link them with the preposition de (of). So, 'window glass' literally becomes 'the glass of the window': o vidro + de + a janela. The words de and a combine to make the contraction da.
I've learned that partir means 'to leave' or 'depart'. Why does it mean 'broken' here?