"O sofá é novo?"

Translation: Is the sofa new?

[AndersBjor8]

The sofa is new?
should be allowed.
It is a correct sentence in English, perhaps conveying a tone of surprise combined with the basic question.

[JonathanWexler]

I wrote: "The sofa is new?" And got it wrong

[reno300]

Should it not be 'a sofá'? I thought sofá was feminine because it ends in 'a'.

[Paulenrique]

sofá is a masculine word... some masculine words end in A in Portuguese.

[reno300]

Aha, rules are made to be broken huh :)

[xo_rosina]

D'oh! Just when I thought I cracked it! So it's just a case of remembering thousands of words on whether it is mascluline or feminine- there isn't a specific rule to follow with the 'O' & 'A' ?

[Paulenrique]

Not exactly. When you have an accen on the final "a" (á), it is usually masculine. But for the words that end in "ão", then you need to memorize them...

[Tiqmas]

I think the majority of nouns that end in "ção" are feminine, also the majority that ends in "oma" is masculine

[UdayT129]

I wrote "Is it the new sofa?" , but as expected , it has been ruled out.
Expected answer was "The sofa is new?"
But does not sound like a question, looks to be different than English.

[Dagmar714239]

Is the sofa new? Is the same as is it a new sofa ? As long as thres a question mark behind it!!

[pjmack]

"The sofa is new" should be allowed as it implies a questioning tone in English