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Is this translation right? I would say "Voce é uma menina" So this mean that when you use "Tu" instead of "voce" we have to use "és" instead of "é"?
Yep. Eu sou, tu és, ele/ela/você/a gente é. Its not so common to use tu in most part of Brazil, but it is more used in Portugal.even those who uses that, they most of time coniugate the verb in the 3rd singular person, same conjugation used for "você"
Exatamente companheiro e no português brasileiro o comum e se usar "você" em vez de "tu". O uso do "tu" soa muito esquisito, no Brasil.
Hi - can you drop the first person prounoun 'tu' and just say 'és uma menina' as with Spanish and Italian? Thanks.
2nd person is the person who you are talking to (you -singular = tu/você // you - plural = vós/vocês). Most of time we use você and vocês in conversation. 3rd person is the person who you are talking about (he - ele, she - ela, it - ele, ela, isso, they - eles, elas)
Previously i learnt "são" mean "are", but now it says " és " of ' Tu ' and " é " for ' Voce '. Now totally confused, somebody please explain me the difference and in which sentences they are to be used
Singular: you are = você é / tu és; plural: you (all) are = vocês / vós sois. We are = nós somos; they are = eles são/ elas são. For the difference between "tu" and "você" : http://duolingo.com/#/comment/78116?from_skill=cc59353ddf030721d7721c3c9c8cdf04
Having learned my portuguese in Porto alegre, it's really difficult to adjust to conjugating "tu" in 2nd person and not incorrectly in 3rd!
Since this form of conjugation is formal, wouldn't "Thou art a girl" be a more correct translation then "You are a girl"?
"Tu" is actually more informal than "voce". It is equivalent to the Spanish "tu", which is only used for family and close friends. Believe it or not, in English, "thee" and "thou" are also the most informal ways of saying "you". We think of them as being more formal because they are archaic, but that is not their original meaning. The KJV and the Reina-Valera Bible translations use the more informal "Thou" (English) and "Tu" (Spanish) to refer to God because He is our Heavenly Father. Nowadays, most English speakers don't know how to use "thee" and "thou"; they wouldn't even know what they are unless they have been exposed to King James or Shakespearean English.
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Thou, (tha in Yorkshire), thee, thy, thine, are considered archaic because too many English Grammars are written by Southerners. It is common to hear them used in Northern dialects.
I got three question in a row that did not provide the correct answer. What's up with that?
"Você é uma menina" is technically the formal version. Remember that the vast majority of Brazil doesn't use "tu" at all and uses "você" in almost all situations. The exception is if you're talking to an old person... then it's best to address them as "O senhor/A senhora" instead of "você".
"rapariga" as a translation to "girl" is more commonly used in Portugal. In Brazil, "menina" is the best word to use.
No. Você is third person pronoun and sou is first person verb (also, make sure your article agrees with your noun in gender). Your sentence would be "you am a girl". Grammatically, it would be either "Tu és uma menina" or "você é uma menina", the first being informal and the second formal. In practice, Brazilians don't really make that formal/informal distinction. they would say "você é uma menina", unless you're in the south of Brazil where they would say "tu é uma menina" (which is grammatically incorrect). IF you're in a formal situation in the south, you would change it to "você é..." or if the person is old, "A senhora/O senhor é..."
