"They introduce me to their parents."

Translation:Eles me apresentam a seus pais.

April 10, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ricky_clarkson

Would introduzem be ok here instead of apresentam?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique

Not so. "Introduzir" is usually usede as add, put into. When we use introduce to refer to "showing myself, tell about oneself", we use apresentar


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ricky_clarkson

Entao nao quiero que me introduzem a seus pais, that sounds a bit horrible. :) Thank you.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique

hhehe a little :)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/delvi

Then "introduzem" should not be included in the translation options. I have written them about that.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Maharlikans

I wrote also: "Eles me apresentam aos seus pais". I thought the article "os" was required here. Is there a rule for when it is and isn't optional?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/delvi

They now accept "Eles me apresentam AOS seus pais. " I just used it and it was correct.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GuilhermeG143

yes, there are some verbs that needs the preposition, we call it indirect transitive verb. Well, Apresentar is a indirect transitive verb, so you have to write the preposition and the article. "aos" - preposition " a " plus the article "os". That's why you can write like this: eles me apresentam a seus pais or eles me apresentam para seus pais.

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