“Is the supermarket open on Sundays?” in Portuguese

When to use it

Use it to find out whether the supermarket opens on Sundays. In Brazil many supermarkets do, but often with shorter hours.

The sentence in English: “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?”

"Is the supermarket open on Sundays?" uses the verb "to be" with the adjective "open". "Is" moves to the front to make the question. "On" is the preposition used with days, and "Sundays" is plural to say every Sunday.

Is

verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; it moves to the front to make the question

the

determinerdefinite article

supermarket

nounnoun

open

adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"

on

prepositionpreposition used with days of the week

Sundays

nounplural noun; days of the week take a capital letter

The sentence in Portuguese: “O supermercado abre aos domingos?”

"O supermercado abre aos domingos?" uses the verb "abrir" (to open) instead of an adjective. "Abre" is the present for the third person. "Aos" joins "a" and "os", and "domingos" is written with a small letter.

O

determinerdefinite article, masculine singular: "the"

supermercado

nounmasculine noun: "supermarket"

abre

verbabrir · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: third · number: singular · "opens"; Portuguese says the shop "opens" where English says it "is open"

aos

contractioncontraction of "a" + "os": "on (the)"

domingos

nounmasculine plural noun: "Sundays"; days have no capital letter in Portuguese

What changes from one language to the other: English × Portuguese

English describes a state, "is open"; Portuguese describes an action, "abre". Days of the week have a capital letter in English but not in Portuguese. Portuguese keeps the order of a statement for the question.

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