Topic: Portuguese

"Nós escolhemos o nome do bebê."

Translation:We choose the baby's name.

August 21, 2013

24 Comments

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

    We chose the name (for) the baby. It marked me wrong for this. Using (for) in this sentence makes it more personable.

    December 26, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/netwriter
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    I don't understand the alternate translation of past tense "chose". Is it correct in Portuguese to use the present tense when you mean the past?

    January 24, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
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      Some verbs conjugated for "nós" are the same for both present and past and you get them by the context: nós escolhemos = we choose/chose, nós comemos = we eat/ate. Nós lemos = we read/read(past).

      January 24, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/PaulRobert6

        Obrigado!

        June 8, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DREDWARD
        • 204

        I put BABIES name,is this not the same as baby's? Dl marked incorrect

        July 28, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GlennaSol

          baby's = of the baby, belonging to the baby (possessive)

          babies = more than one baby (plural)

          October 31, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DREDWARD
          • 204

          MY bad,I was never into Grammar,just science and medicine!

          January 17, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
          Mod

            more than one baby?

            July 28, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/anton_grigoryev

              Is 'bebê' not a 'child'?

              August 21, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique
              Mod

                child = criança, filho / baby = bebê

                August 21, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DonEdolio

                  Isn't this acceptable? "We choose the baby name"

                  November 20, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/PabloStanfield

                    No, in English you must use the possessive, marked with 's, to show the relationship of baby and name. You might also say "We choose the name of the baby." but it sounds clumsy; the possessive with persons is more natural. Another alternative is "We choose the name for the baby;" (making "the baby" dative/indirect object).

                    June 29, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JoDee111000
                    • 66

                    BABY in your last sentence is not an indirect object; it is the object of the preposition FOR.

                    April 21, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jayway223

                      Why are there past tense Verbs in a present tense section.......

                      July 13, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DanielTietz

                        In 3rd person plural escolhemos is both present and past tense

                        September 19, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MTELJ
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                        I'm loosing my mind with all the the's in english. English isn't even my native language, so I just don't understand the need of all the the's. :D And sometimes duolingo is simply baffling.

                        June 5, 2015
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MichaMelody

                          It's the portuguese language that requires all the the's.

                          October 22, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MTELJ
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                          Well, if I could use my native language (finnish) instead of english, there would not be any the's. :D Would be so much shorter sentences. sigh

                          October 22, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MichaMelody

                            I was raised with spanish and english and Its still tricky for me. But do you have to do it with english?

                            October 22, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MTELJ
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                            Unfortunately yes. There is no option for finnish. :/

                            October 22, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ymeagain
                            • 57

                            Puhuuko kukaan täällä englantia?

                            October 30, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JoDee111000
                            • 66

                            This does not have to be past. It could carry the meaning of emphasizing who is choosing the name; ie. WE not YOU or HIM or HER, etc.

                            April 21, 2018
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/pwjohnson

                              Once again, present continuous is more common in English: "We are choosing" is seen as wrong. It should be right, shouldn't it?

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

                                Totally.

                                June 29, 2014
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