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I thought 'paga' is present tense 'pays'.. why not the past form here ? is this wrong ?
August 16, 2013
yes, it is wrong. Paga is the third singular conjugation for the present tense, but also a PARTICIPLE verb, which takes masculine/feminine and singular/plural forms: paga, pagas, pago, pagos. But paga doesn't express past for the 3rd person. Then we say "ela pagou"
August 17, 2013
So is the correct translation for "The house is paid" is "A casa está pago"?
August 17, 2013
No. Participles have number and gender in Portuguese. Casa is feminine, so we say "a casa está paga"
August 17, 2013
ah ok, so Duolingo's answer is correct. I got confused and thought you were saying it was wrong. Cheers!
August 17, 2013
