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Perguntas sobre lição numero 2

atimblo
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Perguntas sobre lição numero 2

Postby atimblo » November 10th, 2011 6:40 pm

Por que escrita, "O Sérgio foi promovido..." ?
Doesn't this mean "The Sergio was promoted.."?
Can it not be only "Sérgio foi promovido.."?

bradenchase
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Postby bradenchase » November 11th, 2011 9:36 am

Olá atimblo! Great question!

This is a difference between Portuguese and English and it's actually pretty complex. But put simply, when nouns start a sentence they need to have the correct article before them. If these nouns are people's names, we just remove the "extra" articles in English but Portuguese keeps them.

When it's a different type of noun, "shirt" for example, then both English and Portuguese keep the article. I guess you could say Portuguese is a bit more consistent in this situation than English. :grin:

Ex.

A Luciana é de Portugal. - "Luciana is from Portugal."
O João está doente hoje. - "João is sick today."

Or

A cadeira é azul. - "The chair is blue."
As casas estão em construção. - "The houses are under construction."

:D

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atimblo
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Postby atimblo » November 11th, 2011 3:21 pm

Muito Obrigado Braden.

bradenchase
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Postby bradenchase » November 12th, 2011 12:13 am

Não há de que!

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