"E quanto àquela sopa?"

Translation: And what about that soup?

[homemdosanduiche]

Sort of a murky example

[ewalker]

Quanto = how much??

[Pros]

"Quanto a" is "what about" (a aquela = àquela)

[CheBoludo]

according to Google Translate, it translates as "and as for that soup?"

[BlackHeart01]

it's not a good idea traslating word by word (literally) ;)

[kcmurphy]

But this one happens to be a legitimate translation into English.

[ydobluv]

yea that makes no sense

[lindsey91]

I don't understand this one. "And how much to that soup?"

[Pros]

It's not "quanto", but "quanto a" here, which means "what about", "how about" (a + aquela = àquela)

[HupOranje2006]

I wish Duolingo let you bookmark exercises\discussions like this

[dlancey]

In this structure, does the "quanto" always stay neutral i.e. does not follow the gender of the noun? for ex. "e quanta àquela sopa?"

[Stinneli]

when would you use that?

[NobleJohn]

Person 1: "What shall we serve for dinner? The chicken?"
Person 2: "Chicken sounds good, and what about that soup?"

[BlackHeart01]

when you go to shopping and you ask the salesperson about their products, and then you ask them what about that, and that ,etc.

[sashalen]

i'm not sure how to know about this accent. i understand it's meaning with quanto and that, but can you hear it?

[Ludoviko2013]

I am not sure you can hear it. Maybe the "a" is a little bit longer.
And probably you will "hear" (understand) it better, when it is in a whole situation.

[cinthiia_mc]

You can't hear that, it has the same pronunciation as in "aquela" :/ it's the same thing with the "à" in a (preposition) + a (article) = à, there's no difference in the sound. But don't be frustrated, most brazilians don't know how, why, when you accentuate that too. :b

[fernandogargiulo]

Good translation. Quanto means already what about