"O plăcintă nu are unt."
Translation:A pie does not have butter.
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It sounds very odd. I have seen that use of the contraction in eighteenth century English, but nobody would say it today.
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I say it! ... but then I am nobody.
Others use it too, e.g. "He hasn't got a clue!": "He hasn't reached his potential." etc.
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But in your examples, “have“ does not serve as the main verb; it’s an auxiliary and more prone to contraction.
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Would you use it with a direct object? Would you say "He hasn't a clue" or "They haven't jobs"?
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"He hasn't a clue" is commonly used in England. "They haven't jobs" is also used, but "They haven't work" is probably more common.
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That is useful to know, then, and the translation should stand as it is. I have not heard that form on British television or read it in British literature more recent than the beginning of the last century, but as an American, I have little direct access to colloquial UK English. That is one of the little joys of these fora.
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It's hard to get used to o meaning a when I've been learning Portuguese for years where o means the. These darn Romance languages!
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I have also studied Portuguese for years and I can see the syntax in Romanian is quiet different for definite articles. I think this isn't the problem but a good help (in this example it's necessary to think that the definite article doesn't has the same place as in Portuguese). A good problem to solve for me is the use of specific rules for articles for different nouns and the use of cases in a sentence. Good luck! ;)
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I think what Passionfruit is getting confused by is not the syntax at all, but the fact that the Romanian feminine indefinite article is the same as the Portuguese masculine definite article. I keep making the same mistake.
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Yes, I think the same. So... it is important to think in the syntax and the genre firstly in Romanian, and then in the semantic form. :)
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the pronunciation of "nu are unt" isn't ok!
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'O plăcintă n-are unt' - este si el corect, si n-ar trebui sa fie incorrect pe Duolingo
