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Vocês ainda não visitaram a universidade, pois não?

Vocês ainda não visitaram a universidade, pois não?
You haven't visited the university yet, have you?
From Lesson 176:Confirmation tags (não é?, pois não?)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Vocês ainda não visitaram a universidade, pois não?

Why do we use pois não? here instead of não é??
We use pois não? because the main sentence is negative (não visitaram). In Portuguese, when you want to confirm a negative statement (like saying "have you?" after a negative sentence in English), you must use pois não?. If the main sentence were positive, we would use não é?.
Why does ainda come before não in this sentence?
In Portuguese, to say "not yet," you put ainda (still/yet) before não (not). It literally translates to "still not." So, ainda não visitaram means "you still haven't visited" or "you haven't visited yet."
Is visitaram in the past tense? The English translation says "haven't visited".
Yes, visitaram is the simple past tense of visitar. While English often uses the present perfect ("have not visited") for things that haven't happened up to now, Portuguese typically just uses the simple past.
Can I drop the word Vocês from the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can drop it and just say Ainda não visitaram a universidade, pois não?. The verb ending -aram already shows that the subject is plural (you all, or they). Context usually makes it clear you are talking to the listeners, but keeping Vocês helps avoid any confusion with "they".

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