"A dor terá passado depois de eu tomar o remédio."

Translation:The pain will have gone away after I take the medicine.

October 6, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JohnGrunewald

Sorry. I can't think of any situation when this construction would be used in English. It is extremely clumsy. And nearly meaningless. Maybe "The pain will go away after I take the medicine." Or, "The pain will have gone away by the time I take the medicine." Or even, "The pain will pass because I take (or took) the medicine" But the way Duo wrote it, I can't see it. I'm open to suggestions, though. I love nothing more than to be proven wrong.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jethrey

Agreed. I'm no expert but I can't imagine this is any more a reasonable thing to say in Portuguese than it is in English.

A dor terá passado antes de eu tomar o remédio

would make sense.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/flemmilu

The word "away" is not necessary in this sentence. It is implied. Yet it is marked as a mistake when you don't put it in. I have sent feedback about this several times; no change.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shatto

Eu tomar not tomo!?


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    It's the personal infinitive. You can also say "depois de tomar o remédio." = after taking the medicine


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/vivisaurus

    I tried to report this, but it won't let me submit since I started using the new design, so I'll post it here: should or should they not accept "the pain will have subsided..."?


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/The_Rodrigo

    Nope, "passado" in this context mean gone, subsided would be accepted if: "a dor teria diminuído..." or "a dor teria reduzido...".


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rob949942

    do you really need the 'away'. Just 'gone' would have been sufficient. It is clumsy English, I agree with John Grunewald.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Stephanie748915

    The most reasonable way to say this is "The pain will pass after I take the medication "


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Keziamara

    why can you not use the word "remedy"?


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paulenrique

    That's also right.

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