"Onde fica o caixa?"
Translation:Where is the cashier?
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No, caixa as box is a feminine word, so the translation is "onde fica A caixa?"
Is it usual for a word with two different meanings to have two different genders? That seems odd to me. But thank you for the explanation :D
With some words it happens...
- a cabeça = the head / o cabeça = the leader.
- a capital = the capital / o capital = the amount of money.
This is why duolingo should include the article when it translates something.. I don't get why that hasn't been done already
Yes, I absolutely agree. Either that or duolingo some include some context.
Often you'll see native speakers using "a grama" to mean "the gram" even though if it's wrong.
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What about the thing in BP where you don't tend to say "um"/"uma" before a profession....does this only apply to the 1st person?
I am a cashier = Eu sou caixa? I am the cashier = Eu sou o caixa? He is a cashier = Ele e caixa? or Ele e o caixa.?
Thanks for the explanation below, that's good to know. But when I hover over the word it says 'box' in the list of translations and says it is masculine. So 'o caixa' being taught by duolingo also means box - should it be corrected by someone?
Sorry Paolo, I'm confused :) I think there is a mistake in the translation that Duolingo has... but thanks to you we have a proper explanation. Muito obrigado :)
...hover over the word caixa at the top of this page... you will see it has 'box' in the list of translations of the masculine noun. :/
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I have just checked dicionário básico da lingua portuguesa and caixa is "a caixa "and" A caixa registadora".another annoying clash between BP and PP.
Which suggests that originally it was a type of box, a cash box with a means of registering the cash paid into it. And over time it's just been shortened to caixa, which doesn't make sense without the history, but I'm sure there are lots of things like that in English.
That is insanely easy to miss or overlook. I was busy looking this up like "uhhh, what."
Yes, I know. :) The problem is the gender that DuoLingo is claiming is correct for the example. It's wrong as far as I can tell
Yeah, this is tricky and Duolingo gives an incorrect hint, but ultimately the solution is correct.
I mean, I'm totally gonna mix them up forever, but it's right.
Is "o caixa" the cash register or the person who operates it?
I'm confused by the use of "onde fica" here. I thought that wasn't used for people, only stationary objects/places like buildings and bathrooms?
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I wrote "Where is the till?" and it was rejected suggesting me to use "a teller". What the hell is a teller and why is "till" deemed wrong? Everyone says so in the UK and Ireland! I can't even report for some reason...
In US English the till is a somewhat archaic expression for the cash register. A teller is the person who serves you at the bank.
In British English the cash register is still 'the till', I think bank teller has gone somewhat out of fashion though - it was still used when I was young, rather a long time ago.
Oh men this thing of a word being feminine or not and having two different meanings is news to me. It just crashed my head and i don't wanna think about it now.
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Gosh, when I saw "o caixa" for a minute I thought I had always used the wrong article telling my BR customers that the boxes of their spare part orders were ready...! XD Luckily I just learnt something new & interesting, thank you Duo & thank you Paulenrique!
