"Eles terão pensado na partida."

Translation: They will have thought about the match.

[PaulEWebb]

I found both the Portuguese and the English very unnatural in this section on the Future Perfect. It is a shame, because the rest of the course so far has been great.

[EdmDkM]

I quite agree. It is a badly written section.

[dospescados]

Without context. Duo please give context!!!! Example----- Before walking into the stadium they will have thought about the match.

[delvi]

So, if "partida" also means "leaving" (according to my translator) would it be correct to say "They will have thought of leaving." ?

[f.rodrigues-]

Yes.

[antlane]

I think your sentence means "eles terão pensado em partir"

[delvi]

Could you explain to me the difference? I really am not obtuse, but I seem to be failing to understand this...

[marijke.va1]

Weird sentence

[janki77]

Why can't 'partida' mean 'departure' here?

[Paulenrique]

It can also mean "departure". Just report it!

[davidon2]

Partida neste contexto é como um jogo entre jogadores de tênis?

[Paulenrique]

yes, but partida may also mean "departure" or "broken"

[Jean561120]

Why is "They will have thought about leaving" not accepted then?

[V3FQ41]

I wrote "game" instead of "match" but it was wrong. I think game should have been a good synonym to accept.

[Nancy720152]

Why not departure?

[Oinophilos]

Does this mean "They must have been thinking about the match"? or "They were probably thinking about the match?" or "I bet they were thinking about the match?"

[f.rodrigues-]

check this post I made to answer this question: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/6700311

[Oceanotti]

Recommended.

[CalvinWLowe]

So could the Portuguese sentence be "...da partido" or "sobre a partida" then? Because I used a literal translation of 'na'.

[surfx2015]

"da partido" no, because is "partida" you can't modify this word in this phrase to "partido". In other phrases you can say:

"Coração partido" - Heartbroken, broken heart
"Partido político" - Political party
"Partido de direita/esquerda" - Right-wing/left-wing party
"Ele tomou partido em nossa causa" - He sided in our cause

and you can say: "Eles terão pensado sobre a partida." - ok

[MatthewSke1]

This isn't the correct place to put this question, but something confused me when answering another question.

What is the difference between "pensar em", "pensar sobre" and "pensar de"? Are there rules about when to use them? I can't find any answers on the internet.

[antlane]

the important thing for you is to understand the use ofpensar em, it is the most common form here. Pensar em = 1.to worry, 2.to remember, 3.to think. ( . 1.Ele pensa em todos os detalhes.> He thinks of all the details. 2.Ele pensa na mãe. > He thinks of his mother. 3.Ele pensa em sua namorada.> He thinks about his girlfriend). Pensar de = have an opinion: Que pensa você de Trump? = What do you think of Trump? Pensar em or Pensar sobre = to ponder, meditate. - Pensei hoje sobre a vaidade humana. = I thought about human vanity today. Pensar is a transitive verb, too: Diga o que você pensa: Speak your mind. O que você pensa que eu sou? > What do you take me for?

( hope you understand with this poor English...)

[delvi]

Uma explicação muito boa. :)

[takunda_jdv]

It probably doesn't make sense in English but I've 100 % gotten it in the Bantu context. Speakers of Bantu languages will not have a hard time grasping these aspects of the Romance languages such as future perfect.

[Mick538011]

Can sobre be used in lieu of na. I've been wrong so many times for mixing them up

[Paulenrique]

"sobre a" is also right.

[EstebanVal439068]

Terrible!
Makes sense in Portuguese but not in English.