"Eles têm uma camisa."

Translation: They have a shirt.

[serg07]

when is it "tem"? and when is it "têm"?

[Paulenrique]

They are both the same but conjugated for different pronoun. Ele/ela/isso/você TEM (he/she/it/you has/have), Eles/elas/vocês TÊM (they/you have)

[bartech]

Shouldn’t be Eles/elas/vocês instead of Eles/elas/você?

[Paulenrique]

exato! obrigado!

[Melenhawenn]

I think in English you have to use the plural form, otherwise they are the joint owners of one shirt…

[MikeM271048]

Is it the case that there are multiple shirts in the Portuguese answer "Eles tem (with the circumflex I haven't got on my keyboard) uma camisa"? There is a similar construction in French ("Ils portent leur chemise") where it is understood that they have one shirt each.

[JoshuaT9]

Why is it camisa?

[Paulenrique]

• Shirt = camisa
• T-shirt = camiseta
• Skirt = saia

[KemotS]

In EuP camiseta is commonly translated also as "uma T-shirt". Is this also common now in BrP? Do you pronounce it as English word?

[Paulenrique]

No, we use the word "camiseta".