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"Ela vai ao supermercado pela nona vez."
Translation:She goes to the supermarket for the ninth time.
March 22, 2013
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JaneilsonHD
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"She will go" would be "Ela irá". "Vai" may be used as present or as future. Mostly of the time is implicit what is the time, but when is not indicative of time is probably present.
It's a real challenge translating into present tense in English, since you'd hardly ever say it. I started imagining it was on a list of things that happened a few days ago, but in real life you'd almost always say "She's going to the grocery store for the ninth time." (They must say the word "supermarket" somewhere, but not much here in Canada.)