Word
Temos testado a dinâmica recentemente. Ele tem-na achado jogável.
Meaning
We have been testing the dynamic recently. He has been finding it playable.
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Breakdown of Temos testado a dinâmica recentemente. Ele tem-na achado jogável.
ele
he
ter
to have
o
him/it (m)
achar
to reckon / to find
Questions & Answers about Temos testado a dinâmica recentemente. Ele tem-na achado jogável.
Why is the pronoun attached to tem instead of achado in the second sentence?
In compound tenses made of ter plus a past participle, object pronouns always attach to the auxiliary verb (here, tem). You can never attach a clitic pronoun to a past participle in Portuguese, so tem achado-a would be grammatically incorrect.
Why is the pronoun -na instead of just -a in tem-na?
Both sentences translate to "have been [verb]-ing". Is that always how the Portuguese present perfect translates?
Mostly, yes! Unlike English, the Portuguese compound present perfect specifically describes an action that started in the past and is still repeating or continuing into the present. Because of this continuous nature, temos testado translates much better to "we have been testing" than "we have tested".
Could we use the verb encontrar instead of achar to say he found it playable?