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o meu avô curava

English translation: my grandfather used to heal (people)

08:51 Oct 30, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Linguistics / Verb - gloss
Portuguese term or phrase: o meu avô curava
My grandfather was cured?
My grandfather cured?
zabrowa
Local time: 09:03
English translation:my grandfather used to heal (people)
Explanation:
Assuming that this is a gloss, you need to show the imperfect tense, and you need to have a verb, not a noun. Of course, a direct object would make it sound better, but you can use 'heal' without one.

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Note added at 55 mins (2006-10-30 09:46:57 GMT)
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The reason I gave my answer is a 4 is that it doesn't sound so great, but it's linguistically more accurate.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 00:03
Grading comment
sem duvida this answer is ideal for the reasons you outlined. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2my grand -father was a healer
telefpro
4 +3my grandfather used to heal (people)
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
my grand -father was a healer


Explanation:
Eu acho que eh isso.

telefpro
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mariajorge
33 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  claudia estanislau: my grandfather was a healer. correct
1 hr
  -> obrigado
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: For an ordinary translation, this is much better than my answer, but a gloss would need to show the imperfect tense and end in a verb. So, even though your answer is "nicer," for linguistic research it poses problems.
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
my grandfather used to heal (people)


Explanation:
Assuming that this is a gloss, you need to show the imperfect tense, and you need to have a verb, not a noun. Of course, a direct object would make it sound better, but you can use 'heal' without one.

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Note added at 55 mins (2006-10-30 09:46:57 GMT)
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The reason I gave my answer is a 4 is that it doesn't sound so great, but it's linguistically more accurate.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 00:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2542
Grading comment
sem duvida this answer is ideal for the reasons you outlined. Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard!
agree  Amy Duncan (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Amy!
agree  Carlo Beschi
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carlo!
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