"Ele vem mesmo?"
Translation:Is he really coming?
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It does, but, in this case, it emphasizes the question. A good translation would be: "Is he really coming?" See how "really" is doing the same job here? You'll get the hang of it as you dive deeper into the language. Brazilians are extremely casual, so... Learning informal Portuguese is highly recommended!
I think if the question is written, one would understand to translate better, most of my mistakes are made from oral questions,!!!
"Does he really come" sounds unnatural in English. I can't think of a situation in which I would say that...
If you were referring to someone who goes to a club everyweek or something you could say "Does he really come?"
Does Santa really come every year? Does the Tooth Fairy really come for for my baby teeth? Does the Easter Bunny really come to hide eggs?
I know, "really" with these imaginary beings is a bit oxymoronic but you could use it with movies such as, "It's a Wonderful Life" in saying, "Does Clarence really come to help George understand how valuable his life is?"
Or in real life, "Does he really come to help feed the homeless every week?"
Does he really come to play golf every weekend?
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The only situation I can think of would be asking if someone habitually comes to a certain location. For example, "This bar is a dump. Does he really come [here]? To this bar? " But it is still a bit awkward.
It would be better to ask, "Will he really come" instead of "Does he really come?"
I thought the most natural way to say this in English is "Is he really coming?" as I don't think the sentence translates very well literally.
I agree but I just resign in translating as literal as possible but make it grammatically English, if that makes sense.
The meaning is the same. But i know.... its bad when we have to guess what we are supposed to answer!!!
Although referring to a future event, even in English we don't necessarily use a future tense. "Is he really coming" is present progressive. We could say it with a future tense such as "Will he really come", or "Will he really be coming", but that's less common.
Could it also mean "is he coming himself?" as in he won't send someone else on his behalf? If not, how would you say this in Portuguese?
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Is "Ele está realmente vindo?" correct here? Or "Ele vem realmente?" ?
I mean can we use "realmente" here for English "really"?
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Just wanted to let you (the PT community) know that one of the alternative suggested solutions by DL was:
"Is he coming indeed?"
DuoLingo corrected my (nonsense) incorrect answer "Is he coming really?" and gave the above corrected solution (in red).
the use of the 'mesmo' to signify really is a very strange idiom in Portuguese. It reminds me of 'make up' to signify 'decide' in English, very odd.
How about ele vem realmente in a non-inverted form but a questioning tone of voice? Duo is not at all forthcoming about word order!
in case you haven't notice Duolingo has gone completely turn-key on us. Nobody's home anymore. Even their native Brazilian speakers seem to have flown. I think they dumped their customer service rep staff too. To answer your question, realmente is 'really' as well as just 'real'. I use it all the time talking to my personal tutor in Brazil in conversational ptg.
The question has been kind of asked, yet never answered:
how would you say "Is he even coming?"
As in, for instance, a conversation where we talk about a guy and how he could behave during some specific event, then someone asks "But hey, is he even coming in fact ?!?"
And so, by the way, how would you say "He is not even coming" ? Ele não vem mesmo ?
Muito obrigado !
That'd be the same way: "Ele vem mesmo?" or "Ele (es)tá vindo mesmo?"
"He's not even coming" > Ele não vem mesmo.
