Topic: Portuguese

"Tuas facas"

Translation:Your knives

June 9, 2013

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/AlexErdman
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Arggh, stupid English.

December 4, 2013
https://www.duolingo.com/Shem19

    Would "Suas facas" mean Your knives as well?

    June 18, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN

      It could or it could mean "his knives", "her knives", "its knives" (a robot?) or "their knives".

      http://www.brazil-help.com/possessives.htm

      August 10, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/JonahPPP

        So alternatively, would it be você facas or vocês facas? And why?

        October 21, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
        Mod

          "Você/s" = you, not "your".

          October 22, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/rogerzim

            Why is knife spelled with v? The only definitions I found for knive was:

            to cut, pierce or kill with a knife, A brawl ensued among the friends and he was knived to death.

            June 9, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
            Mod

              If a word ends in -f or -fe, you take its plural by removing f/fe and adding -ves: leaf - leaves, loaf - loaves, shelf - shelves, wolf - wolves, knife - knives

              June 9, 2013
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