Guest bobbalino Posted March 26, 2017 Posted March 26, 2017 Portuguese regular verbs - present tense. The smaller number of irregular verbs vary from the following rules. Get to know a few verbs in the "to know" infinitive form. a lot of the guys will understand a verb infinitive even when incorrectly conjugated with a preceding subject and subsequent object. I might say, for example, "I to like caipirinhas" before memorizing the present tense "I like ... " Even better, a great start is mastering present verb tense for the verbs. The verbs (infinitives) end in -ar, -er, and -ir. All present indicative verb tense forms conjugate from the stem of the infinitive, that is, the infinitive minus the ar, er, or ir. Unlike continental, you and he/she conjugate the same. Four person subject pronouns: I (1st sing.), You/He/She (2nd/3rd sing.), We (1st pl.), You/They (2nd/3rd pl.) -AR -ER -IR PRESENT o a a a o e e e o e i e Rules for plural: "mos" is appended to all 1st person plural conjugations; "m" is appended to 2nd/3rd person plural conjugations. For example: to like - gostar ... gosto, gosta, gostamos, gostam. Hope I have got this right. I find present tense easy because I have this tune in my head: Oh, ah, ah, ah; oh, ee, ee, ee; oh, ee, eye, ee. Quote
Guest bobbalino Posted March 26, 2017 Posted March 26, 2017 Here is a more expanded guideline for various tenses Portuguese verbs - the 3 regular verb infinitive forms/classes, guidelines for 72 verb endings 6 conjugations (first 5 are indicative): Present I eat Past imperfect I was eating Past perfect I ate Future I will eat (Future can also be formed by the verb ir, to go ... I am going to eat) - ir is irregular) Conditional I would eat Present subjunctive (imperative) Eat (one word command) Verb base types: The future and conditional conjugate from the infinitive; the others from the stem. 4 persons: I (1st sing.), You/He/She (2nd/3rd sing.), We (1st pl.), You/They (2nd/3rd pl.) The dotted lines mean the endings are the same as the set directly preceding (left to right) -AR -ER -IR PRESENT o a a a o e e e o e i e PAST IMPERFECT ava ava áva ava ia ia ia ia - - - - PAST PERFECT ei ou a ara ie eu e era i iu i ira FUTURE ei á e âo - - - - - - - - CONDITIONAL ia ia ia ia - - - - - - - - IMPERATIVE, pres. subjnct. e e e e a a a a - - - - Rules for plural: "mos" is appended to all 1st person plural conjugations; "m" is appended to all 2nd/3rd person plural conjugations except future indicative Present progressive, I am eating, is denoted by the verb estar [to be - temporary, as opposed to ser (permanent)], person-conjugated followed by verb stem and: ando, endo, indo. Quote
