Phrase · 💬 Catching up & small talk

E aí, quais são as novidades?

So, what’s new?

B1asking for newsinformalAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

E aí1fixed phraseso, hey,quais2pronounwhichqual · pl.são2verbareser · present · 3rd pl.asdeterminertheo · fem. · pl. · definitenovidades3nounnewsnovidade · fem. · pl.?

quais → novidades: agreement
novidades → são: subject
as → novidades: agreement

Word for word: “And there, which are the news?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
E aí? = so? hey? It opens a casual chat; on its own it means "what’s up?".
2
Quais são…?: qual becomes quais in the plural, and the verb agrees: são. Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
3
novidades = news, what’s new in your life. TV news is notícias.

Variations

E aí, alguma novidade?
Me conta as novidades!
E aí, o que tem de novo?