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So how would you say "He refused to be my father?" As in refusing the responsibility?
July 24, 2015
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?
March 5, 2019
Negar is a verb and the infinitive (in this case, "ser") often translates as a gerund in English.
"Aprender" uma idioma exige paciência.
"Learning" a language demands....
March 5, 2019
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.
March 5, 2019
