"O menino tem um jornal."

Translation: The boy has a newspaper.

[cmarto0423]

Any tips on hearing the difference between 'o' and 'um?' I'm having an awful time of it!

[gamr789]

The difference is a nasal sound at the end of the word

[PedroAguiar765]

O "o" é um artigo definido, e o "um" é indefinido

[PERCE_NEIGE]

It's clear when you hear it at slow speed, but a bit hard at fast speed for this sentence.

[Trypho]

Can 'O jornal' also be interpreted as 'the diary', as in 'The boy has a diary'?

[TBBaker]

No.
the journal/diary = o diário.
the newspaper = o jornal.

[doa07tao]

It was kinda hard to hear tem

[PERCE_NEIGE]

"Tem" is nasalised.

[pvelikova]

May be this is not the right place here, but all through the lessons one question dominates my mind. Would someone please explain what is the difference between tu/ você/ vocês/ vós? Thanks in advance!

[polyglot720]

In French, tu is singular and casual, whereas vous is formal and/or plural. I'm not certain, but I think tu in Potugese is the same as tu in Frenche, and that the other words you mentioned are similar to the French vous. Someone please correct me if I am wrong or if you can add more detail.

[mejuaozin]

tu and você both refer to the pronoun "you (singular)" but they have different conjugations. for example:
tu comeste - você comeu
tu comes - você come
tu comerás - você comerá
as opposed to the pronoun "tu" that has its own conjugation "você" always works exactly as the third person of the singular form "ele/ela"
ele/ela comeu
ele/ela come
ele/ela comerá

both of them are likely used in Brazil but people don't really respect this rule so you'll hear them using the conjugation of "você" for the pronoun "tu" ALL the time.

vós and vocês are just the plural form of tu and você, it refers to more than one person and it works exactly like the first example:
vós comestes - vocês comeram
vós comeis - vocês comem
vós comereis - vocês comerão
so in this case the pronoun "vocês" use the conjugation of the the third person of the plural form "eles/elas"
eles/elas comeram
eles/elas comem
eles/elas comerão

that's why it's easier learning how to use você instead of tu, but if you're prefer the Portugal version of the language they are very strict to grammar rules and - as far as I know - use tu and vós with the correct conjugation :)

[KellydeJesus]

Você/vocês is a informal pronoum. But today everybody (except in some places) uses você/vocês

[KTKee-EnglishEng]

These audio translations are a nightmare! Out of hearts and have to start again, grr.

[Dusty_G]

Why is this in food? like, I get the fact that it doesn't make sense to be in food might make me remember these words more, but really, why is it in food?

[imnasnainaec]

I was marked wrong for "The kid has a newspaper." Wouldn't "menino" be a correct translation for a child of unspecified gender?

[TerraZe]

"criança" is already used for non gender specific child .

[KellydeJesus]

Menino is a specific gender, so you have to use boy