"They read books."

Translation: Elas leem livros.

[BjornFo]

Why do you need the pronoun here? I would have thought that "Leem livros" would have been ok?

[bigwilly885]

Yes, Portuguese is pro-drop. This should be accepted. Still not as of 30/10/19. Reported.

[Paulenrique]

It is also right.

[charlos1616]

the third person in plural for the verb "read", is "lêem" in portuguese, isn´t it?

[Paulenrique]

Now it has no longer the accent, so it is "leem".

[faith1026]

I'm a bit confused. Why isn't it "Elas lemos livros?"

[Paulenrique]

It's related to verb conjugation: http://www.conjuga-me.net/verbo-ler

[lupemew]

I wrote "Eles leem livros"

But it was "Elas" ???

I want to understand

[Paulenrique]

Both options are correct.

[rawrkrissy]

I wrote "Eles leem livros" (which is correct) but it suggested "Elas leem livros" as a secondary option that is also correct.

I assume it matters in the context of male/female, correct? If you're saying "they" generally, but it is "directed" towards a group girls, for example, would you use Elas leem livros? (and vice versa- Eles for generalized group of boys?)

[shirley104816]

I cannot bloody explain why when I see read . I put write . It should be eles leem livros . For some reason my brain keep thinking escrevem