"A mulher lê o jornal."
Translation:The woman reads the newspaper.
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I typed "The woman reads the journal", which is generally accepted in other exercises but here it appears that you should say "The woman reads the newspaper". Not a big deal, just commenting. :-)
True....
I'm always a little uncomfortable with "journal".
Can a "newspaper" be a "journal"?? Or can a "journal" be a "newspaper"?
"Jornal" in Portuguese is definitely "newspaper/news show" and nothing else. (No personal notebook, no magazine)
The answer to your questions I would say is no, barring the Wall Street Journal, often called simply "the Journal" (but obviously not being a reason in itself to accept such a translation)
However, doesn't "jornal" also mean "academic jornal," i.e. what professors publish research in?
It depends on the media. It could be called jornal if it was just a few pieces of paper.
But if it's a magazine, for instance, it would be called "revista".
Less commonly, we call such publications a "periódico", which is less restrictive about the media. Probably periódico would be a nice translation for "journal" in that sense.
If it's a personal notebook: diário. (Some newspapers carry the name "Diário", such as "Diário de Pernambuco"). Of course, we never call a newspaper "diário" besides its brand name.
I think an academic journal is hardly ever just a few pieces of paper, :) nor are they magazines as we normally use the term. Here's an example that uses the word "jornal" in its title: http://www.jbes.com.br for example.
"The woman reads the paper", should likely be accepted. I would wager here in Ontario, Canada, people call it paper over newspaper at least 2:1, if not higher. (Not that people talk about either that much in this day and age...)
My exact answer was "The woman reads the newspaper" and I was marked wrong. Was it because I did not have the full stop?
Please anyone can help me to explain how to pronounce the -l in the end of o jornal? Where do you put your tongue in the end?
The letter L at the end of the words in Brazilian Portuguese sounds like the letter U.. So, it would be /jornau/.
I said women and it tried to say it should be lady. I realise its woman not women but yeah. Also i answered "the women reads the paper" on a different question and got it wrong and then on this question the wording is the same and it uses paper not newspaper exctly the way it said i got it wrong for doing earlier
I accidentally put "read" instead of plural "reads" maybe should be a typo instead of wrong idk
