"She sees her boss as a father."

Translation: Ela vê seu chefe como um pai.

[circumbendibus]

"Ela vê a sua chefa como um pai." was accepted. A most interesting scenario.

[kadhafi]

I do not understand why my answer is "wrong": "Ela olha seu chefe como um pai." Someone please...

[Paulenrique]

As "see" is symbolic (look is literal), you use ver, not olhar

[kadhafi]

Wow, it was so simple... Now I got it. Thank you so much.

[Summersoul]

Why is it not "Ele vê o chefe dela como o pai" in this case? It's "a pai"?

[Paulenrique]

A father = um pai / the father = o pai. The best to use here is indefinite article

[Summersoul]

Ah... cool. Thank you. So "o pai" is an obvious mistake. And I realise now I also called "she" a "he". Oh dear.

But one of the answers was given as: "Ela vê o chefe dela como a pai." I wasn't sure why "a" was used before "pai"? Or maybe I'm just getting it confused now - it only shows one translation above so I can't double check. I'll look carefully if it comes up again...

[Paulenrique]

Wooow thats a mistake!! They didnt translate "a" into "um".!! You are not confused... Duo confused you!

[Summersoul]

Duh, of course! Didn't think of that. I'll have to report it next time. Thanks again!

[SelwynMont]

i got this wrong, "ela vê dela chefe como um pai". i thought dela was also "her". if this is incorrect usage then when do we use dela as opposed to seu?

[Paulenrique]

yes, you can use DELA to mean "her". The point is that we use "dele, dela, deles, delas" AFTER the noun."ela vê o chefe dela..."

[SelwynMont]

so in this case should I have written, "ela vê o chefe dela como um pai"?

[Paulenrique]

yes! =)

[Xebetax]

"ela vê o seu chefe dela como um pai"

Please can someone clarify my error? I see in some cases you use the article before the object, in others no; e.g. 'o meu pai' in a sentence.

[Paulenrique]

using 'o seu pai' is correct. The problem is using also "dela". It is like you said "she sees her father of hers...". got it?

[Mareli0]

"pai" father is feminine??? is he?

[Mareli0]

It can not be "a (pai)"...mhm- I got mistake for o (pai) ?

[AntoniaBr5]

Im confused about the difference between sua ans seu, as they both seem to be accepted here. Is that correct?

[Paulenrique]

seu (your) is used for masculine words and sua for feminine words.

[ElderClawson]

For possessives, when should i use "seu/sua" and when should i use "o/a"?