Topic: Portuguese

"A minha sobrinha tem um cachorro."

Translation:My niece has a dog.

April 15, 2013

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/beccas1890

    Can someone please explain why the aritcle 'a' is before 'minha sobrinha'. A bit confused about this grammar! Obrigada!

    April 15, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Discussion on it: http://duolingo.com/#/comment/64947

      April 15, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rygo

        Why is it that sometime tem requires an accent and other times it does not?

        December 1, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
        Mod

          tem is used for ele, ela, isso, você, a gente (he, she, it, you, we) and têm (plural) is used for eles, elas, vocês (they, you).

          December 1, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/phenger2

            That confused me too, thanks!

            April 12, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/derick.cha

              someone can explain to me why puppy instead of dog is wrong as a translation of cachorro

              March 6, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
              Mod

                Dog = cachorro, cão

                Puppy = cachorrinho, filhote de cachorro.. (In Portugal it works differently).

                March 6, 2014
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