"Qual é sua especialidade?"

Translation: What is your specialty?

[sebastian.tagle]

I chose "what is your speciality", and it was marked wrong. It said it needs to be "Specialty". Is that right?

[mundomeister]

Speciality is what we say in UK

[sebastian.tagle]

thanks!

[gabejosh]

On the on the other hand, Duolingo does show an American flag as the symbol for English... so it seems to be justified to expect American usage... however annoying it is. :)

[francesco87rm]

if you point on "especialidade" the translation is "speciality"

[alecafe]

Now accepted 08/28/2020

[ancranndarach]

Can "especialidade" also apply to a major in college?

[Paulenrique]

Yes! =)

[ajdonnan]

Speciality should be correct. This is how the word is spelt in the UK

[Richard_Tuatara]

Even the mouse-over text lists speciality, but it marked it wrong for me. Specialty is very uncommon in the UK and NZ at least.

[amcorey]

I chose "What is their specialty?" and was marked wrong. How is this wrong? I was sure that sua could be its, his/her, or their...

[katlearnslangs]

Sua can be its, his/her, or your, but not their. Their would be written with dele/dela.

Edit: My apologies, Paulenrique is correct. It's deles/delas :)

[Paulenrique]

Their = seu, sua, seus, suas, deles, delas. Dela = her. Dele = his.

[UdayT129]

I answered as What is your specialization? , but turned out to be incorrect.
If I am wrong then how do I say "specialization" in Portuguese?

[Scutigera]

Especialização :)

Words in English that end in -tion often have a correlating Portuguese word that ends in -ção.

[MiguelGlas]

And there is incongruency in the program. It translates "Speciality" and then marks it wrong!

[morenazadfgo]

This could be because "specialty" is used in Canada and possibly the U.S. as well but "speciality" in the UK and NZ. Confusing indeed, how can we specify this?

[CutePorcupine]

Sua can mean her(poss.), his, or its, right?

[Paulenrique]

Yes!

[CutePorcupine]

So why doesn't it accept "its"?

[BlackHeart01]

because "one thing" never have a specialidade =)

[meinweg.de]

Can I say: qual e a sua especialidade?

[Paulenrique]

yes.

[DREDWARD]

AND I Swear I heard that! A SUA...

[Endverbraucher]

Yes, the faster male voice definitely says "Qual é a sua especialidade." Just one of the many corrupt audio files on Duolingo.

Eles não ligam para a qualidade.

[Inkyfeet]

It wouldn't accept "expertise", which I think in context sounds better in English. And specialty isn't a word at all as far as I know! (In the UK, anyway.)

[gutloja]

I am almost 100% sure that "Qual" means "which", not "what.

[akshay120]

You are correct. However, there are exceptions. E.g. "Qual é o seu nome".

[VictoriaSt146559]

I wrote: Qual é a sua especialidade, and it was marked wrong.
Is it wrong to say "a sua"? The correct answer was: Qual é sua especialidade. Is there a big difference?

[Paulenrique]

No. Both should be accepted.