Topic: Portuguese

"The girl keeps the sandals."

Translation:A menina fica com as sandálias.

September 25, 2013

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Folke_Olofsson

    com is not mentioned with fica anywhere before!

    August 9, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/TobyBartels

      Yes, if "keep" translates to "fica com" rather than just "fica", then the hover hint should say so.

      November 14, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/MarcDesRoches

        Would it be more appropriate to use manter here? A menina mantém as sandálias?

        July 3, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/DREDWARD
        • 146

        Worked for me :)

        October 31, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/Jewpanesey

          Por que preciso de usar "com" com "ficar"? Why do I need to use "com" with "ficar"?

          September 25, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
          Mod

            Ficar com is literally stay with. Stay with me = fique comigo. When you use ficar as "stay with" "keep something with" etc, use "ficar com"

            September 25, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/bartlettmorgan
            • 6

            So this is more of an exception to the rules of the language then?

            March 26, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/eusoumeurei
            • 1881

            It's a Portuguese collocation.

            October 23, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/RichardCle230587

              Cheers Paulo!

              November 5, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/Boshra278864

                Why did you write " comigo"? Why not com mim?

                June 18, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
                Mod

                  "Com mim" does not exist. You have to link them (comigo).

                  June 18, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Boshra278864

                    Yes but from where you bring this "igo"

                    June 18, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Alexander3584
                    Plus
                    • 48

                    "Comigo" is simply the word for the mandatory contraction of "com" and "mim". Just like "em a" contracts to "na", not "ema".

                    June 10, 2019
                    https://www.duolingo.com/liddles003

                      What would we do without your knowledge and insight? Thanks

                      February 14, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/OliverM.

                        My translation says "a menina mantém..." Is that not incorrect verb conjugation

                        September 6, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/MaireMairead

                          There is no indication that 'com' is required. I wasn't used in this context up to now. It sounds like the casual English 'stick with' or stay with'.

                          May 4, 2018
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