Error “de minha avó”

Official Memrise Courses Portuguese (Portugal)
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Portuguese (Portugal) 6 - Lesson 3 “Mine and Yours”
English: “That isn’t my grandma’s necklace”
Portuguese (currently) ”não é o colar de minha avó”
Question: Shouldn’t that be “…da minha avó”?

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Hi @japetus1981.

Thanks for your message.

In fact, it might also be said “da minha avó” instead of “de”. It’s a common way to say that.

However, this other format is also very common and may be heard or read in some cases. It may only sound a bit more formal.

The difference is that, in this case, we are not using preposition (de) + definite article (a), but only the preposition. Many native speakers say like that and it does not sound unnatural either.

Thanks!

Regards,

Ignacio

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Since the course is Portuguese (Portugal), that is european portuguese, it should be “o colar da minha avó”. Saying “de a minha avó” in european portuguese, it sounds awkward (i never used it like that and i never heard other people using it). It might be used in Brazil, but in Portugal it’s more natural to say “da minha avó”.

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Hi @dicentra8,

Thanks for your message!

I didn’t say we use “de a minha avó”, but simply “de minha avó”.

Tks!