"I do not find my key."

Translation: Eu não encontro a minha chave.

[HeidiSchigt]

Are 'encontrar' and 'achar' completely synonymous, or is there for instance a preference in this case to use 'encontrar'?

[deactivated user]

I have the same inquiry as Heidi. Can one use "achar" instead?

Is "Eu não acho a minha chave" equally valid as "Eu não encontro a minha chave."?

[Paulenrique]

Yes, they are the same.

[asherbennaphtali]

"I do not find my key," sounds like something a non-native speaker of English would say. I would never, ever say that sentence.

The way we normally express this idea is, "I can't find my key."

[HelBald]

(UK native) Nothing wrong with this sentence eg 'I look in the drawer but I do not find my key. However, I do find the nail scissors I've been looking for.

[yanarchy]

When do you use a for possessive and when do you not:

[Paulenrique]

Here you can say "minha chave" or "a minha chave". Please, check this out: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/64947

[emma-cross]

Thank you, i tried to access the link but it wouldnt load, it got halfway and jumped back to the start and this kept repeating

[deactivated user]

Is it not more common to say "Não estou encontrando a minha chave"?

[Paulenrique]

Yes!

[Marc383010]

Is this responsive to asherbennaphtali's question above?

[susanellermann]

Acho was not accepted. Reported

[EdwardAndr67013]

Why is acho not accepted?

[Paulenrique]

Also right.

[walt921586]

here DuoLingo accepts A MINHA...but elswhere marks AS MINHAS wrong...e.g. restore "Clothes" as minhas luvas...etc.
Come on DL please be consequent and correct such blatant !##!! differences. Thank you. Walt.

[JacquesFre5]

Better call the pope.