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This couldn't also possibly translate to: "There is a chemist between you and I."???
(Also, "you and I" would be grammatically incorrect English in this case. "You and me" is the correct phrase.)
It accepted when I gave that translation; but suggested that it be "and me."
Anything wrong with "A química entre você e eu", as in "the chemistry between you and me"?
"tem" should only represent something you have (possession). "há" as the main verb, represent something that exist, happen or occur.
Could anybody explain what that means? The woman's voice sounds very angry saying that. So perhaps it means there is a bad current or mood between us?
it means that there's attraction or something romantic between those people
After 'entre' shouldn't it be 'vos e mim' because 'entre' is a preposition?
Yeah, "vos" is never used in Brazil (maybe only in religious context). But you're right, it is grammatically correct to say "entre você e mim".
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We have learned about the female chemist, so Duolingo assumes that we also know all other meanings of the word, like the one here where it means "chemistry".
"tem" should only represent something you have (possession). "há" as the main verb, represent something that exist, happen or occur.
Tem can in fact be used as "there is". When tem is used without a subject it means there is.
Ela tem um bolo. She has a cake
Tem um bolo na mesa There is a cake on the table
Tem is more commonly used in daily speech in Brazil. One reason being that A and Há have no difference in pronunciation and can be misunderstood.
Há is formal in BrP, and tem is colloquial. Both are impersonal and conjugated as 3rd person singular verbs.
Há/Tem um carro na garagem.
Há/Tem três carros na garagem.
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I asked a Portuguese speaker what the difference was (since nobody here on Duolingo takes the time to answer my question ;D) and he told me that it's more commonly used tem while há, he said, "é para os intelectuais". XD
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It's a lie. I'm a native portuguese speaker and only here on Duolingo i read and heard Tem instead Há . Há it means for us something that exist and Tem possession .. we wouldn't never ever say: tem um homem na porta! Sorry
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We usually say: está alguém à porta, está um homem na porta...está ali uma pedra...linguagem comum...intelectuais?!!! Espantada!!!
Based on the sounds alone, would this also be an acceptable answer: "A química entre você e eu."?? (The chemistry between you and me). My point is how can one audibly distinguish between the definite feminine article "a" and "Há" ??
