Question 1

Why is it A vidente? Is there a masculine form?

Accepted Answer

Vidente (clairvoyant or psychic) is a noun with two genders (comum de dois). The word itself doesn't change, so you just change the article to indicate gender: o vidente for a man and a vidente for a woman.

Question 2

Is disparate countable in Portuguese? The English translation says "nonsense", which is uncountable.

Accepted Answer

Yes, unlike the English word "nonsense", disparate is countable in Portuguese. You can say um disparate (a piece of nonsense) or use it in the plural, like dizer disparates (to talk nonsense).

Question 3

Why do we use mim instead of me at the end of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

After prepositions like sobre, para, de, or por, you must use prepositional pronouns. For the first-person singular, that pronoun is mim. You only use me as an object pronoun directly attached to or preceding a verb.

Question 4

How does this sentence connect to the Repudiation Infinitive (Infinitivo de repúdio) taught in this lesson?

Accepted Answer

While this sentence doesn't contain a Repudiation Infinitive itself, it sets up a perfect context for one! If you wanted to express indignant disbelief that she actually said that, you could reply: Ela, dizer um disparate sobre mim?! (Her, say nonsense about me?!). By using the infinitive as an exclamation, you strongly reject the very idea of the action happening.

A vidente disse um disparate ridículo sobre mim.

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