Questions & Answers about O teste é complicado.
Why do we use é here instead of está?
The word teste ends in -e. How do I know it is masculine?
Nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine in Portuguese, so you usually have to memorize their gender as you learn them. However, many words adapted from English (like teste from the English word test) are masculine. Because it is a masculine word, we must use the masculine article o and the masculine adjective complicado.
Does complicado change if the noun is feminine or plural?
Yes! Even though complicado looks like a past-tense verb, it acts as a descriptive adjective here. It must always agree with the noun it describes. If the subject were feminine, like a pergunta (the question), the sentence would be A pergunta é complicada. If it were plural, it would be Os testes são complicados.
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