"A mulher come uma maçã."

Translation: The woman eats an apple.

[dualf]

Did anyone else hear the 'A' before mulher?

[D3rpy_JJ]

yes

[Diana503089]

Me too

[Brasilikum]

I agree, the 'uma' is spoken way to fast

[HoloSam]

I agree as well, but in common language the 'uma' usually blends in with the surrounding words. I would recommend checking out some good tapes or podcasts to practice distinguishing those words, then you wouldn't have to struggle with Robo-teacher. My recommendation would be the CDs from Pimsleur. Good starting point. Real people.

[shanksngr77]

Yeah I totally noticed that! It blends in so automatically

[LaNinaAzul]

I wrote "the woman eats the apple." Isn't that also correct?

[bernardomn]

That's not. When you say "The woman eats the apple" you are talking about an specific apple. When you say "The woman eats an apple", the apple is not specified.

[Ratjar]

That would be the translation for "A mulher come a maçã", not "uma maçã".

[gabriel.alonso16]

One tip: when conjugating the verb, forget the person "tu" , and "vos" . They are not unusual

[acaciovsk]

Not true. "Tu" is still widely used in many parts of Brazil. Source: my hometown, Belém.

[dielsonsales]

Não com a conjugação correta, imagino.

[NeydeKaren]

Whitenoize16 is ok.
It's true.
I'm brazilian. We don't use TU and VÓS.

[FinnJim]

Does anyone know the shortcuts to the symbols on your keyboard?

[Quevvy]

Long press. Like to get ã, long press on the a. Or the ç is on the regular c.

[Annah870250]

Everytime when I get this right it says I'm wrong ...

[declanfs]

i typed ate instead of eats and got it wrong

[Selica]

Because "ate" is past tense. This is a present tense conjugation of the verb.

[NeydeKaren]

Ate = comeu

[cadenciorum402]

Pronunciation guide, please? I don't know if it's the bad audio, or if come is supposed to be pronounced something like quomee.

[geoffmorrow]

Tried to make 'come' plural.

[NeydeKaren]

Comem

[Alejandraso]

'a' or 'the'.. should both be accepted I believe

[Quevvy]

No, one of the things that is important in these early levels is the distinction between definite and indefinite articles. "A"/"O" in Portuguese means "The" in English. "Um"/"Uma" means "a"/"an" in English.

[_noemi.]

The woman ATE an apple would also be correct

[Paulenrique]

A mulher "comeu" uma maçã.