"Os meninos dormem em uma cama pequena."

Translation: The boys sleep on a small bed.

[Tony979198]

It's more common to say "sleep IN a bed"

[NathanRN]

I agree... Thats what i wrote, and it was marked wrong.

[flemmilu]

can you even say em uma? I thought it always HAD to be numa?

[Paulenrique]

Linking them is not madatory. "Em uma" is more common in written language.

[AntonioPiv1]

Em uma = formal
Numa = not formal, but correct in a conversation

[Al_ex-N]

É isso! Em + uma = numa

[vloren]

"Os meninos dormem numa cama pequena" is also correct, isn't it?

[erudis]

Yes.

[AntonioPiv1]

Yes, 'numa' = 'em uma'

[deactivated user]

I wrote the translation correctly as it appears here, but the lesson tells me it should be "The boys sleep on 1 little bed." The lesson should accept my translation. Please fix.

[lesliewilman]

Let's hope they are small boys and not more than two of them!

[Claudine589817]

Sleep in a bed, not sleep on a bed. You can say lie on a bed because the on suggests on top of. Sleep on a bed sounds as if there are no sheets or blankets etc, just a mattress...

[AntonioPiv1]

'dormem' is |'dOr.men|

[AntonioPiv1]

Dormem se pronuncia "dórmen". Silaba tônica no O e o m final soa como n, sem colocar a ponta da língua no céu da boca.