"A minha sobrinha tem um cachorro."

Translation: My niece has a dog.

[beccasylv]

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

[Paulenrique]

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

[Rygo]

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

[Paulenrique]

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).

[phenger2]

That confused me too, thanks!

[derick.cha]

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

[Paulenrique]

Dog = cachorro, cão

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

[4oYBIxtO]

27 letters in Portuguese, 14 in English