"Ele negou ser meu pai."
Translation:He denied being my father.
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Kkkkkk já fui no João Kleber, era bem zoado, tinha que pretender que eu era casado com um menina que apenas conhecia, fiz o papel do gringo corno.
So how would you say "He refused to be my father?" As in refusing the responsibility?
I have not looked at PT in a long time so getting back into the swing of things. Can someone tell me why we use the infinitive "Ser" alone here and not a participle or something? Is negar ser its own verb?
"Negar" is a verb, and the infinitive (in this case, "ser") often translates as a gerund in English.
"Aprender" um idioma exige paciência.
"Learning" a language demands.
Sorry I think I was having a dense moment. I was thinking with my English head that this is a continuous construction but clearly in Portuguese it is simple past and that's just the way it is.
Earlier in this thread we got a different translation for "he refused to be my father," but I was wondering -- is "negar" also used to mean "refuse" at all?
"Ele negou ser o meu pai." is a correct answer, and should not have been rejected. Period.