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O nosso ar condicionado já está consertado.

O nosso ar condicionado já está consertado.
Our air conditioning is already repaired.
From Lesson 146:Regular past participles as adjectives (-ado, -ido)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O nosso ar condicionado já está consertado.

Why do we use está (from estar) instead of é (from ser) with consertado?
The word consertado (repaired) describes the condition of the air conditioner right now. It was broken, and now it is fixed. Because this describes a resulting state rather than a permanent characteristic, we use estar.
How is the word consertado formed?
It is the regular past participle of the verb consertar (to repair). For verbs ending in -ar, you drop the -ar and add -ado. When used with estar, it acts like an adjective, so its ending must match the masculine, singular noun it describes (ar).
The word condicionado also ends in -ado. Is that a past participle too?
Exactly! It is the past participle of the verb condicionar (to condition). In the phrase ar condicionado (air conditioning), it simply acts as an adjective modifying the masculine noun ar (air).
Why is there an O at the very beginning of the sentence?
In European Portuguese, you almost always put a definite article (like o, a, os, or as) before a possessive word. Since ar is a masculine singular noun, we say O nosso ar instead of just nosso ar.

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