"The men drink beer."

Translation: Os homens bebem cerveja.

[kvihma]

It's good to learn the essential phrases first

[KTRASH0]

shouldn't it accept "homens bebem cerveja"?

[Danmoller]

"Men drink beer" means men in general drink beer.

"The men drink beer" means some identified group is drinking.

Portuguese works the same way, with some exceptions.

[Paulenrique]

Duo prefers literal translations. The = o , a, os, as

[RomaRRio]

A little remark:
The = o, os, a, as

[Paulenrique]

Thx =) fixed

[PERCE_NEIGE]

It shouldn't prefer litteral ones. Can we skip the article?

[stlstitch]

How do you know which to use? I got stumped on the article. :(

[monicute]

Why is "Eles bebem cerveja" wrong? If Eles is a plural masculine pronoun - doesn't it suggest "The men are drinking beer"? Any clarification is much appreciated!

[Danmoller]

From "Homens bebem" you can infer "eles bebem". But from "eles bebem" you cannot infer "homens bebem". Becaus eles can be a group of men+women, or even animals or things.

[Paulenrique]

Duo prefers literal translation. Eles = they / Homens = men

[Bjorn998972]

Tomam is the same as bebem? It never used tomam before.

[Paulenrique]

Yes, they can be used interchangeably when it is related to drinks.

[pukar600]

Why bebem and not bebe ?

[Paulenrique]

http://www.conjuga-me.net/verbo-beber

[susanna133007]

I think there needs to be more leniency with typos. When I wrote "cerveza", it was marked correct with a note of the correct spelling below. But when I wrote "escrevam", "instead of escrevem", i lost a life. And often you cannot tell if the speaker is saying eles or elas. They say "elus" or something in between. Some of those need to just have a note of misspelled word at the bottom, but accept them.