"O menino sempre esquece o casaco."

Translation: The boy always forgets the coat.

[mrule]

I thought that, when a subject is given, with articles of clothing and parts of the body, "o/a" translates "his/her" in English?

[Eric470678]

This seems inconsistent to me. There are times on here when similar constructions translate to a possessive (i.e. "The boy always forgets his coat") even without the possessive pronoun. This time, it says that is wrong...even though it is a more meaningful translation. What is the rule? How do we know when possession is and is not implied?

[Joannachild]

Very unusual sentence in English..."the boy allays forgets his jacket/coat" is more usual

[PabloStanfield]

Absolutely. Duo should fix it.

[ZuMako8_Momo]

You don't know if it his. It could be yours.

[Pickle1116]

Exactly, so surely both "his coat" and "the coat" should be accepted?

[serraesilva]

coat and jacket can be both translated as casaco.

[ZuMako8_Momo]

Right!:D