"Eu estaria lá se eu pudesse."

Translation: I would be there if I could.

[Misael-Ab]

I am a native speaker and I suppose this exercise has an error: it does not accept the omission of the last "eu." In Portuguese we can say: "Eu estaria lá se EU pudesse" and "Eu estaria lá se { } pudesse."

Sorry, I am studying English and I do not know write this language properly.

[Luis_Domingos]

Your English is pretty great (the only thing I would amend is *I don't know how to write), so you can't say you don't write it properly already :)

Your point is completely valid - if you notice something that needs correcting, please use the "Report a Problem" button that shows up below the question box after your answer is checked by Duo (it's directly to the left of the button that says "Discuss this sentence").

[pbmolini]

Why "I would STAY there if I could" is wrong?

[Luis_Domingos]

Stay = ficar (to remain in one place for some time).

[pbmolini]

Thanks. But "stay" was also one of the suggested translations...

[Juliet539653]

Why isn't it "poderia" instead of "pudesse"?

[nDXNK]

So, should the sentence be :"I would have been there if I could have"

[risalilac6]

I thought pudesse was past subjunctive...this seems like future or present subjunctive

[emeyr]

It's the imperfect subjunctive that refers to a hypothetical present/future situation.

[ElspethPar]

Could someone please point me to an explanation of this? DL's 'tips' section does not explain it at all. I really don't know what's going on in this sentence - and it's the first in the new section. Totally stuck.