Topic: Portuguese

"Ele ganha um milhão de dólares por dia."

Translation:He earns a million dollars a day.

October 15, 2013

17 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/GrethelJar1

    Can I get that man's phone number? Lol

    April 22, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/iamjeff7

      "He wins a million dollars per day" is marked wrong. Why?

      October 15, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
      Mod

        that should be accepted!

        October 15, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/BlueGamer07

          Well but mine wasn't accepted.

          April 25, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/KemotS
          • 568

          After five years still not accepted

          December 1, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/todji

            Nice work if you can get it.

            June 1, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/igor.alvaro

              Who the hell is this guy?

              December 27, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/LadyMar1923

                "Win" still not accepted 05/12/14

                May 12, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/gernt
                • 1484

                Oct 1, 2014 not only was it not accepted, a note flashed saying "Here, ganhar means earn or gain, not win". Well, sure, winning a million dollars a day makes no sense. Since when is that a problem for DuoLingo questions? I think crazy constructions are used on purpose because they're harder to guess. Native speaker - can you help?

                October 2, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/BlueGamer07

                  He wins a million dollars should of have been accepted. Whenever someone talks about salary in Brazil, they say that he "won" the million dollars.

                  Here is an example. Bryan ganhou $363 reais da Ana Claudia. Ele ganhou 1,000,000 da loteria!

                  The point is you could use ganhar in either winning something or earning/receiving something.

                  April 25, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Becky76307
                  • 636

                  Why is "He earns one million dollars per day" incorrect?

                  October 14, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/gernt
                  • 1484

                  If it didn't get accepted, it's just not in the list, but it should be.

                  October 14, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/DavidStyIes
                  Plus
                  • 497

                  Because he's not really earning it; he's profiting from the labour of the workers.

                  December 2, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/LawrenceEric

                    I don't really get why the 'de' is necessary.. Would it be correct among natives (colloquially) to exclude it?

                    December 21, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/ludwigzhou

                      Is "um" necessary in this sentence?

                      September 11, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/mn3mGAVE

                        "he wins a million dollars per day" still refused (2018-06-01).

                        June 1, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/AnnarHolm
                        • 4

                        Is: a day or daily correct? Or is it just only one correct translation?

                        December 20, 2018

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