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- "He eats the meal."
"He eats the meal."
Translation:Ele come a refeição.
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Well, it is a general rule that nouns ended in o are masculine, but the ones ended on -ção are most probably female
same with french.. the ones ended on -tion are most probably féminine.
"Ele come o prato" is the answer duolingo gives me for "he eats the meal, but i thought prato was plate? Is that an expression?!
Prato = plate/dish
But "ele come o prato" is closer to "he eats the plate" =)
(your sentence) → It just means "he eats the food". It could be any morsel.., whereas a meal is likely filling... You might also consider a meal normally consists of more than one thing. Comida could be just A baby carrot (cenoura).
- Idk the term for baby
(it didnt post the rest of what I typed for some reason........)
"Idk the term for baby"_ carrot. Perhaps, cenoura bebê or maybe its more like cenourinha*? The latter I'm guessing... (Help - ajude)
Error? I said "Ele come a refeição" , but it only accepts "Ele come a prato".
Why can't I use "jantar"?
I know that "Jantar" = "Dinner".....though in English we're never quite so specific.
What do others think?
Breakfast is breakfast, lunch is lunch, but when we say "Meal" we usually refer to dinner (some folks call it "tea")...we don't really use the word "meal" to describe anything other than the big, main "meal" we have sometime after 5pm.
As I see it, in Portuguese = Reficao=food/meal In English food =/= meal = dinner....I don't think "food" and "meal" are really used interchangeably in English?
Sorry...rattling on here....not sure that I'm being very clear! One day I'll be able to lose a heart and just accept it! :-(
