"Estas cidades são boas para quem gosta de esportes."

Translation: These cities are good for those who enjoy sports.

[gpriddy]

what's wrong with saying "for those that like sports"? I know "quem" means "who" but in English we ofter flip "who" and "that"

[vivisaurus]

Hey gpriddy! I always thought "who" was the correct way of saying it... but I think it could be because they are after the closest translation possible. There is a subtle difference in your suggestion (use of that vs. who) that could also be made in Portuguese, but it requires alterations:

"Estas cidades são boas para quem gosta de esportes."
-- These cities are good for those who like sports.

"Estas cidades são boas para aqueles que gostam de esportes"
-- These cities are good for those that like sports.

It's a possibility. =)

[lugosky]

The flipping of the 'who' and 'that' is informal. Who is used when talking about people, that is used when talking about objects.

[lolaphilologist]

it's very common to flip them informally, but not considered correct formal English

[lesliewilman]

The sentence could, correctly, reflect the singular original in, "...for anyone who likes sports."

[vivisaurus]

Hi lesliewilman. It could be that for the word "anyone" to be accepted, the Portuguese sentence would need to use qualquer um / qualquer pessoa?

[JeffCast]

Isn't 'whom' used here?

[MRMsys]

No, whom is an object.

[LyricalWordsmith]

"These cities are good for those who enjoy sports." --would anyone actually say that in literal conversation? Seems like a bit much. Or did DuoL include this sentence for grammatical purposes only?

[Mesmorino]

Tour guides and people introducing others to a city or journalists doing a feature on a city would very likely say that as part of their professional and personal lives.

Even lay people can say it too- for example, Europe in general is much better than America for those who like football