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"Ela não nos deixava ver novela."
Translation:She would not let us watch soap operas.
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I think the best thing to stop the clutter would be to fix this translation. I wrote "She did not use to let us watch soap operas" and that wasn't accepted. If this translation is incorrect please let me know. I think I figured the used to/ use to thing out finally, so I don't think that is the problem.
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2019-10-23 I just used the same translation, and Duo rejected it, telling me I missed a word. It suggested "She did not use to let us to watch soap operas," as Ian400723 remarked below. I reported it as both "My answer should be accepted" and "There's another problem", since the "English sentence is unnatural or has an error" option was not available.
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Except in English, you need to put the article. Either "She would not let us watch the/a/any soap opera." It is not correct without one....
In Enlgish, a novel is a book of fiction. In Spanish, "novela" means both soap opera and novel. In Portuguese, "novela" means soap opera or novella ( a short novel). In English, the noun "novel" is always something you read, not something you watch. The word "novel" is also and adjective meaning "new".
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Dan, for some reason, I could not reply directly to your question.... yes, you can have plural "soap operas" and then you would not need an article. "She would not let us watch soap operas." That would have the feeling of not being allowed to watch ANY. :)
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What about: "she wasn't letting us...", I think it better describes this tense and that "She didn't let us..", is simple past, doesn't seem right to me.
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Duolingo offered - She didn´t use to let us to watch the soap opera. Since when has the infinitive ¨to watch¨ been correct?
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If we can decide that "novela" is plural, why can't we add an indefinite article and leave it singular as in "She wouldn't let us see a soap opera."? Either way it is not a literal rendering, just how would the translation sound in English.