"You are a boy."

Translation: Você é um menino.

[oVoFeng]

"És um menino" should also be a correct answer

[nobile]

What's the difference between você and voçê? Or is the ç never used? I could've sworn I had seen it with a ç before...

[Scodex]

you just use "ç" if the next vocal is "a", "u" or "o".

[vivisaurus]

If you still need it, I have written a ç explanation here:
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/1485422

Hope it helps! =)

Spoiler alert: você never has a ç

[D3rpy_JJ]

you saw it in "apple"

[RLK123]

If "voce" means 'you', why is the he/she/it for 'e' correct instead of "es"? Shouldn't the correct answer be "Voce es um menino" meaning "You are a boy" ?

[ltcontreras]

I think not because es is conjugate for "tu" which is the informal form of "voce." "Voce is the formal form of you and its verbs are conjugated in the 3rd person.

[BiaMoura135]

Tu és is the formal form and is not very used. Você is conjugated like ele and ela (você é) and it is very used

[TeppoSaari]

I thought that tu would be similar to French tu, informal or between friends, and voce would be similar to French vous, which is formal and between strangers.

[Paulenrique]

Actually, both tu and você are informal.

[randyhnk]

can we use "Tu és um menino" ?

[Paulenrique]

Yes, it is also right.

[drmel94]

It's right, but Duolingo is not accepting it, which is especially a problem in the Tu/Você section.

[meliscaner1]

Is there a difference between them?

[Paulenrique]

"Tu" is used only in a few regions in Brazil.

[meliscaner1]

Thank you

[ItalianKrab]

So wouldn't it be better just to say Você instead of Tu?

[P-ank.tron]

And in Portugal they use "tu" as well, if I'm not mistaken

[Destiny.xos]

What is the different between "você são" & "você é"? Is it just because of the pronoun or ...

[ltcontreras]

It should be vocês são (plural; many people) meaning "you all are"; você é is for only one person meaning "you are"

[WillemFrie1]

Tu és um menino is still marked wrong...

[sheriberri]

How is the ê pronounced differently than é? I can't hear the difference with the robotic voice

[BiaMoura135]

The voice here does not say the é correctly. I am brazilian and the correct sound is like the e in vEry

[Scodex]

the "ê" is just a long "e" sound.

[annecon04]

How do you type the accents?

[Tackarii]

Here are a few of the more common ones.

Alt-i = ˆ as in ê ,
Alt-e = ´ as in é ,
Alt-n = ˜ as in ñ ,
Alt-c = ç

Hope that helps!

[asmallpotato]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/change-your-input-language

[BiaMoura135]

If your computer is american you problably do not have the accents because americans do not use it

[smechtler]

I just hold the letter for a second and the accent options appear to choose from.

[linguat0r]

Why do we use "você" with "é" and "tu" with "és"? Where is the logic?

[4oYBIxtO]

Tu is second person, voce is third person

[Anonyduck]

Received this error msg:
"You used the você form "és" instead of the ele/ela form "é".
Você é um menino."
I understand from reading discussion why você takes é. But putting this here for feedback - the given reason does not make it clear and seems to contradict.

Suggest: "Você takes the ele/ela form "é" ".

[Lena943394]

why can I not say "Voce es"?

[4oYBIxtO]

Você is third person.

[Paulenrique]

"Você" is second person, but it takes third-person conjugation =)

[Alice732044]

How do I know when to use "Tu" or "Você"? Please help. :(

[4oYBIxtO]

”Tu” in Portugal, ”você” in Brazil. And maybe ”tu” in some parts of Brazil.