"O Brasil começou a se abrir para outras nações."
Translation:Brazil began to open up to other nations.
October 23, 2013
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Nothing except Duolingos lacking support for all possible solutions... :-)
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YuMoises: Another alternate which should be accepted: "Brazil began to open itself UP to other nations".
English does not require “up”. “...began to open to other nations” should be accepted as a correct answer.
why the "A SE" why not just "O Brasil começou a abrir para outras nacoes or even O Brasil começcou abrir para outras nacoes
From what I understand:
"começou a" = "began to"
"se abrir" = "open (itself)"
The se is a reflexive pronoun to specify what is being opened. In this case, se refers to Brazil. :)
