"O cachorro bebe sua água."

Translation: The dog drinks its water.

[Mr.Robbyy]

how do i know if the dog is drinking his water, or if hes drinking your water? I just have to assume?

[Paulenrique]

For me it sounds like "your water" since "its water" could be "a água dele", to avoid misunderstandings. But we have no clue, so "sua" here can be his,her,its,your,their.

[Fannymania]

I don't understant why is not necessary to use the word's article. Shouldn't be o cachorro bebe a sua água?

[Paulenrique]

this may help you: http://www.duolingo.com/comment/64947

[aviso]

what is the difference between 'seu' and 'sua'? Where are they used?

[Paulenrique]

Seu is for masculine words and sua for feminine ones.

Água is feminine, so use sua.

• Seu(s) = your, his, its.
• Sua(s) = your, her, its.

So,sometimes we may confuse if the possessive is related to the 2nd person or 3rd person. Then, in 3rd person you can use dele (his/its) and dela (her/its) after the noun.

• Sua família é legal = your/his/her family is nice.
• A família dela é legal = her family is nice.

Now, it's easier to understand the owner. ;)

[Jayway223]

I need u to help me with my Portuguese o great one

[Paulenrique]

who knows :-) Feel free to ask any questions!

[Violet262]

Dude you are really good at pourtuguese

[ValentinOgland]

Why is o cachorro bebe a sua água wrong?

[Paulenrique]

It's also right.

[ValentinOgland]

Ok thank you I’ll have to report it then

[LawrenceEric]

In Portuguese, do 2 r's get pronounced as a hard h? I heard the computer pronounce rice, 'arroz', as 'a-hoz' and 'cachorro' here sounds like 'cacho-ho'

[Paulenrique]

Yes, double R sounds like /h/ in English.

[BonBonKaye]

Is the same for Eurapean Portuguese?

[nnaOop]

probably, cause if we see it from the accent prospective we can totally say that the brazilian portuguese and the european one are kinda different. It's like the american and british english

[Rousseauricardo]

How can Sua mean "its" if it also means "your" ? Very confusing.

[Rae.F]

seu(s) and sua(s) are the 3rd person possessive pronouns.

Even though você(s) means "you" (2nd person), it is grammatically 3rd person for historical reasons. So the real question would be "How can sua be your if it means his/her/their?"

https://www.sonia-portuguese.com/language/grammar/pronouns/

[Bame22]

Would it have been right as 'the dog drinks your water'?

[Paulenrique]

As there is no context, it is also right.

[Psychkhix]

okay so what is the difference between toma and bebe?

[Rae.F]

Toma is literally "take" but it's used idiomaticly to mean "drink". Bebe only means "drink".

[MiguelTrej615371]

Is Cāo - dog and cachorro - puppy

[Scutigera]

In the Motherland yes; in Brazil it is Cachorro = dog (which is puppy in Portuguese speaking countries outside of Brazil), and Cachorrinho = puppy

[Sammas-]

Duolingo says "o cachorro bebe sua a agua" is wrong...is it?

[Rae.F]

It is wrong. If the article is included at all, it would come before the possessive, not after it.

[Suresh618365]

if sua is feminine ; dog is maculine so it should be o cachorro bebe seu agua !!

[Paulenrique]

No. "Sua" is related to água, which is feminine.

[deactivated user]

why is spelling "it's" for the dog drinks ''it's'' water, considered wrong? explain duolingo

[Rae.F]

Because it's is the contraction "it is" or "it has" and its is the possessive that means "belongs to it".

[Kuba986040]

How do you know whose when is in all situations?

[Pameladilara]

Why is it not : o chachorro bebe a sua agua

[nnaOop]

that's totally correct.

[HastaLaVista83]

This could also be

1.) The dog drinks his water. (of someone else)

2.) The dog drinks her water.

3.) The dog drinks your water. (informal addressing to one person (Spanish "tú", Italian "tu", German "du"))

4.) The dog drinks your water. (informal addressing to more than one person (Spanish "vosotros", Italian "voi", German "ihr"))

5.) The dog drinks your water. (formal addressing to one person (Spanish "usted", Italian "lei", German "Sie"))

6.) The dog drinks your water. (formal addressing to more than one person (Spanish "ustedes", Italian "voi", German "Sie")

[BobbyRizzo1]

I got it right ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤...one accent doesn't mean its wrong

[BobbyRizzo1]

❤❤❤❤ off