"Como vai a sua mulher?"

Translation: How is your wife doing?

[ErikLeiden]

Why isn't it also acceptable to say "your woman" instead of "your wife"?

[JCMcGee]

This reminded me of an old English idiom/euphamism:
"How's your father"

It's old now...I think it was popular 1940's to 1970's...so Grandparents would understand it... "A bit of how's your father" = "sexy time!"

[FreddoBarbarroja]

This is awesome, thanks man xD

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hows+your+father

[SimmySosa]

Being from england i know of that idiom lol, although i am no grandparent. Far from it in fact.

[brucethebogking]

"How's it going?" (Abbreviated to "howzit?" in South Africa) is a fairly common expression I think. Hence "How is it going with your wife?" should be included as an alternative translation maybe?

[triwoo78]

I agree. I answered, "How goes your wife?" and it marked it as incorrect. But in the U.S., we often say, "How goes it?" or "How's it going?"

[Amelie605249]

We do say, "how's it going?", but I ve never heard anyone use that with any noun but "it" where that means life in general or a particular task. "How goes your wife" doesn't really make any sense.

[Annie145876]

Same. I said "How is your wife going" (I'm Aussie).

[peterjoel58]

I lived the 1st half my live in US and the 2nd in Aus, so I also said "how is your wife going", but felt that it should have had "mate" on the end.

[SharnayFer]

Howzit is a slang word for "how is it" basically we use it to say hello.

[Nesoki]

In other lessons "a sua" sometimes meant "your" or "his/her", why is in this case the only correct solution "your"?

[RickPotter16]

A sua/O seu will mean your always that the pronoun he or she doesn't exist. Seu/Sua only mean his/her when either the pronoun he/ele or she/ela has appeared before.

[JCMcGee]

Thanks Rick, that's great, I hadn't realized that before.

[JCMcGee]

I had asked before; What If this was a newspaper headline:
"Perdem o seu dinheiro!"
Whose money have they lost?

Now I understand that it would mean: "They lose your money"
If the headline = "They lose her money"....I guess it would have to be:
"Perdem o deneiro della!" ?

[GuerraAmanda]

"Perdem o dinheiro dela", sim, exatamente xDDD

[bexroxsox]

Im confused about this sentance, wouldnt it be como e a sua mulher?

[cleversong]

Como está sua mulher or Como vai a sua mulher.

[brianpinkston]

I agree with Nesoki

[JCMcGee]

wait 'till you come across "della/delle"

[ferretchere]

"How is your wife going" should be accepted too but is not.

[kurtzim]

How would you say: "how do you go to your wife"?

[Sr_Romantico]

You have to be very careful in how you say this in English or it could be interpreted incorrectly. BTW, most Brazilians I know use esposa not sua mulher.

[legarzon]

I took woman instead wife , before decide which one to shosse between the two correct answers and then marked me a mistake , why ?

[borboleta0328]

I also feel the same. I need to know why wife and not woman. I thought wife was espousa

[SamOwenI]

Someone explained by saying that mulher means woman unless accompanied with a possessive. People don't really own women anyway...

[chaered]

...and even rental is frowned upon.

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

How's your missus is the correct English translation I think you'll find.

[peterjoel58]

Not really.