Topic: Portuguese

"I like Fridays."

Translation:Eu gosto de sextas-feiras.

August 4, 2013

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ScottFerg88

    Does anyone know if there is a difference between "gosto das sextas-feiras" and "gosto DE sextas-feiras"?

    August 4, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
    Mod

      using "das" may be understood that there is something really good on Fridays that makes you really like them, while "de" shows just your like. But they can be used interchangeably.

      August 4, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/m.spalatin

        Could you explain this a bit more? How come we can use "de" here?

        January 1, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ThanKwee

          I'm gonna take a stab at this, but I'm not sure if I'm right. I believe that "Fridays" can be translated as either "sextas-feiras" or "as sextas-feiras" because the "as" is optional.

          So it's either "Eu gosto de sextas-feiras" or "Eu gosto das sextas-fieras" because de + as = das

          January 2, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
          Mod

            Yes, that's right for this sentence! =)

            January 2, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ThanKwee

              woo-hoo! :-)

              January 2, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/m.spalatin

                Thank you! :)

                January 12, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Swirbs

                  So either answer should be accepted here - but "das" was marked wrong?

                  February 5, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ThanKwee

                    That's right. Either answer should be accepted.

                    February 6, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/4oYBIxtO
                    • 770

                    It is OK now

                    August 8, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Anderson_Brazil
                    • 2

                    When you say "de" it's about any Friday. But you can specify, for example "gosto das sextas-feiras de verão" (I like Summer Fridays)

                    October 8, 2018
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