Topic: Portuguese

"I do not have time."

Translation:Eu não tenho tempo.

July 20, 2013

19 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ppmcltx

    is the sense of this wrong, it is awkward, to say "eu nao tenho o tempo"?

    July 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
    Mod

      Yes, it sounds awkward once "tempo" here is used in general sense.

      July 20, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lng52-._
      • 5

      So, if someone asks you what time is it, can you also say: "Eu não tenho tempo" (I don't have THE time)?

      August 10, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
      Mod

        Eu não tenho tempo = I don't have time

        Eu não tenho horas = I don't have the time

        August 10, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/akurzias

          would saying "eu não tenho do tempo" be wrong?

          February 16, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
          Mod

            It seems French and does not work in portuguese.

            February 16, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/akurzias

              That French partitive gets me all the time, even in other languages. Obrigado.

              February 18, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mexevergreen

                Can you say eu Não tenho hora

                April 11, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LadyMar1923

                  So "tempo" means "weather" and "time." I don't get this??

                  February 25, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
                  Mod

                    Yes, that's it.

                    February 25, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LadyMar1923

                      Obrigada!

                      February 25, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/birdmanbill
                      • 11

                      So then, how would one say 'the weather and time‘ (are in our favour)...please?

                      August 4, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/danfers

                        O tempo está ao nosso favor !

                        January 8, 2015
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AndreasKof1

                          What's up with ao? please explain why and when it is used

                          October 1, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gustavo.pe16

                            To weather for example: I look the sky and I say: "o tempo não está bom". To time.. When I'm doing an exam and the teacher says: "tempo está acabando"

                            June 22, 2017
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/emeyr

                              Ao = the preposition "a" + "o favor"

                              In (our) favor

                              June 22, 2017
                              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/reeanynany

                                Why "tenho" imstead of "tem"

                                January 24, 2016
                                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GuillermoB11

                                  I have => tenho He, she, it, they, you have => tem

                                  January 29, 2016
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LeslieWedd

                                    Could "o tempo" in this sentence mean "the time", as in what time of day it is?

                                    Another word for " weather" is "clima" and another word for time is "hora". Então, pode "A clima e a hora não estão ao nosso favor" responder ao pergunta de birdmanbill?

                                    February 8, 2016
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