"O professor nos passou bastante dever de casa."
Translation:The teacher gave us a lot of homework.
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Why is the portuguese sentence not "O professor nos deu bastante dever de casa"? I don't understand the use of passar here at all.
You can use "dar".... but when you give something to someone, you can also use that (you will passar (give) something) "me passa seu número?" - you use that for asking one's phone number. "Me passa o garfo?" (The fork is near the person you're talking to, and then you ask him to "pass" it for you) "o quê você vai passar de tarefa?" (What will you "pass" (give) as a homework?)
Ohhh... more than meaning "to give" (me passa a bola = pass me the ball), we also use passar as spend (time) -- i will send my vacations in Rio = vou passar minhas férias no Rio. (As for money, translate spend as gastar - dont spend much money = não gaste muito dinheiro)
How would one say "the teacher gave us enough homework"? Also, how am I supposed to know that "dever de casa" means "homework"? None of the dictionary hints allude to this.
Homework also means "tarefa". it is the most common way to say that. "Dever de casa" is also correct, but not so frequently used. "Bastante" means a lot of, too much/many. it means "enough" when I use "o bastante". "Eu comi bastante" = I ate a lot; "Não comi o bastante" = "I haven't eaten enough". In negative sentences, use just "bastante" to mean enough: "Minha casa tem bastantes janelas" - "My house has many windows" / "Minha casa não tem bastantes janelas" - "My house does not have enough windows"
But many people do not use "bastantes", once it means something abbundant. But the correct is to use that in plural.
As adverb, it works as "very"/"a lot" - "Ela está bastante (muito) cansada" = "She's very tired" / "Ela fala bastante" = "She talks a lot"
If you have any doubt, change bastante for "muito", which works the same way (singular/plural). Hope that helps
If it helps anyone, I think the use of o bastante is similar to the spanish use of "lo suficiente." Correct me if I'm wrong.
The Portuguese word "Bastante" in Spanish is "Bastante". Bastante is a words in Spanish. "Lo suficiente" = "O suficiente".
well, if I should use "o bastante" in negative sentences, how to translate then "enough" in affirmative sentences e.g. "I like moderation in eating: not too little nor too much, just enough" , "We've talked enough, it is time to work!" or "I've had enough of your lies, I don't believe you anymore".
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"Eu gosto de moderação na alimentação/ao comer: não pouco (demais) nem muito (demais), apenas o suficiente/bastante." - "Nós falamos o suficiente/bastante, é hora de trabalhar!" - "Eu tive o suficiente/bastante de suas mentiras, eu não acredito mais em você." :p
Quote: " In negative sentences, use just "bastante" to mean enough: " So, "Não comi o bastante" and "Não comi bastante" means basically the same? Because it's a negative sentence...
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The way I use it, "bastante" means "a lot" and "O bastante" means "enough"
Dever de casa and Lição de casa are the most common ways to refer to Homework (at least in Rio and São Paulo). I had never heard "tarefa" (which means "task" ) being used as homework. What region is that from? :)
Ohhh... so I think it's a regional issue. I live near São Paulo/Campinas, and here over 80% people use "tarefa" for homework, hardly ever "dever/lição de casa". Thanks for pointing that out ;)
Here in my region (state of São Paulo) We use "Lição de casa" "Dever de casa" and "tarefa" to mean the same thing, when talking about school assignments.
Here in the south (Paraná), we say "Tarefa" to "homework" but we too say "dever de casa"
The appropriate verb for giving homework in English (UK) is "set", as in "the teacher sets us lots of homework".
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To pass out homework means give homework if the teacher passes out papers where written exercises must done and handed in.My answer was not accepted but could it be correct? If it just means give i'll learn it like that.The nuances of languages!
Please clarify the word "bastante." The translation for it is "enough," which is not synonymous with "a lot" or "much." In Spanish, it is the same: "bastante" also means "enough" or "sufficient."
Paulenrique gave a good answer at the top of the page. It clarifies it pretty well.
"Pass to" is used with one person to one other. when a physical entity like a book is involved. you might say " passed out" if a physical piece of paper (worksheet) was given out BUT "gave out" would be usual.
Something similar to "tanta tarefa / tanta lição de casa / tanto dever de casa"
I find it annoying that "gave" is not one of the possibilities in the hints. I used "assigned", and it was marking wrong. Idiomatically, it is closer to the English meaning than "gave" would be, I think.
We are given assignments all the time, but again that was over sixty years ago. The use of the language changes.
