"Nós vamos atrás de sua mãe."

Translation: We go after your mother.

[Jamesalex1]

Why is this in a past tense section?

[Naasei]

It is not in the past tense. Read it again

[Eric470678]

I like that they throw these present tense sentences in there to keep us on our toes. It forces us to focus on the conjugation.

[Paulenrique]

Good point. But it also highlights that "atrás" can be "after", "behind", "ago", ...

[Maxwell333802]

Why is "We go behind your mother." not accepted?

[Pantodynamos]

How would be ,,we are going behind your mom" then?

[Paulenrique]

Literally that would be the case, but we use "ir atrás" as "look for"

[AntonioSen280897]

Why not "nos vamos atrás DA sua mãe"?

[Paulenrique]

It's also right.

[FrankiiLynx]

Needs reporting

[mjenatz]

We isn't "we follow..." accepted?

[zsuzsanna151100]

behind is also correct, isn't it

[Carmen746179]

Why is it not "atrás DA sua mãe"?

[Paulenrique]

Also right.

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

What does this sentence mean? It doesn't give a translation.

[Paulenrique]

Literally: be after someome (we are after your mother)

It also means (and more probable) "to look for".

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

I'm sure the translation wasn't there before...
Did you know in English "we are after" can also mean we are looking for? Sometimes meant in a menacing way. "We're after your brother...." (to give him a smack)

[Paulenrique]

Yes, and in Portuguese ir atrás has both negative and positive meanings! ;)