English to Portuguese for

[DearPrudence]

for prep	(time: duration) (tempo: duração)	por prep
	She was gone for four hours. I've been learning Chinese for two years.
	Ela ficou fora por quatro horas. Estou aprendendo chinês por dois anos.

Also "há" with a past perfect in English?

 

[MeggieBR]

for prep	(time: duration) (tempo: duração)	por prep
	She was gone for four hours. I've been learning Chinese for two years.
	Ela ficou fora por quatro horas. Estou aprendendo chinês por dois anos.

Also "há" with a past perfect in English?

we use 'há + tempo' when it´s 'tempo percorrido'. So, in this case, it couldn´t be used in the first example.

 

[DearPrudence]

But I thought it might be worth adding with the appropriate Dsense

 

[MeggieBR]

But I thought it might be worth adding with the appropriate Dsense

I´m sorry, I don´t think I understood. The dsense in the example is correct.

 

[DearPrudence]

I was suggesting adding the translation "há" with the sense "tempo percorrido".
A bit like in the enfr dictionary:

for prep	(time: duration)	pendant prép
	(futur)	pour prép
	(origine dans le passé)	depuis prép
	She was gone for four hours. I've been learning Chinese for two years.
	Elle a disparu pendant quatre heures.
	ⓘ Elle part à l'étranger pour six mois.
	J'apprends le chinois depuis deux ans (or: Ça fait deux ans que j'apprends le chinois).

 

[MeggieBR]

I was suggesting adding the translation "há" with the sense "tempo percorrido".
A bit like in the enfr dictionary:

for prep	(time: duration)	pendant prép
	(futur)	pour prép
	(origine dans le passé)	depuis prép
	She was gone for four hours. I've been learning Chinese for two years.
	Elle a disparu pendant quatre heures.
	ⓘ Elle part à l'étranger pour six mois.
	J'apprends le chinois depuis deux ans (or: Ça fait deux ans que j'apprends le chinois).

I see. But in Port, the use of 'há' would be possible only in the example 'Estou aprendendo chinês por 2 anos.' In the other example, it wouldn´t fit.

 

[DearPrudence]

Yes. That is exactly what Dsenses are for as we know that you can't always have an English word = a Portuguese word
But don't worry, I give up.

 

[MeggieBR]

Yes. That is exactly what Dsenses are for as we know that you can't always have an English word = a Portuguese word
But don't worry, I give up.

I´m sorry, but I don´t think it´s necessary to add this in dsense.

 

[DearPrudence]

Well, of course, there is no need to add this Dsense as there is only the translation "por".
It would have been useful with the new translation "há".

 

[MeggieBR]

Well, of course, there is no need to add this Dsense as there is only the translation "por".
It would have been useful with the new translation "há".

maybe there´s this usage under the verb 'haver', which is the infinitive form of 'há'.

 

[DearPrudence]

maybe there´s this usage under the verb 'haver', which is the infinitive form of 'há'.

No, I can tell you there isn't
But that's ok, I've understood you didn't want to add it.

You can only find this sense in the reverse dictionary in the following entries:

for centuries adv	figurative (for a long time) (figurado, informal)	há um tempão loc adv
	She's been after me to get the roof fixed for centuries.

for quite a while adv	(for a considerable time)	há bastante tempo, faz bastante tempo loc adv
		há um bom tempo, faz um bom tempo loc adv