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26. Conjugating Regular Portuguese Verbs in the Present Tense
Verbs in Portuguese end in -ar, -er or -ir. Before a verb is conjugated, it is called the infinitive. Removing the last two letters gives you the stem of the verb (cantar is to sing, cant- is the stem.) To conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, add these endings to the stems:
-ar verbs | -er verbs | -ir verbs | |||
-o | -amos | -o | -emos | -o | -imos |
-as | -ais | -es | -eis | -es | -es |
-a | -am | -e | -em | -e | -em |
Regular verbs:
-ar verbs | -er verbs | -ir verbs | |||
dançar | to dance | aprender | to learn | partir | to leave |
desejar | to desire | comer | to eat | imprimir | to print |
escutar | to listen | correr | to run | ||
estudar | to study | ler | to read | ||
falar | to speak | vender | to sell | ||
praticar | to practice | beber | to drink | ||
tomar | to take | compreender | to understand | ||
viajar | to travel |
To make sentences negative, simply put não in front of the
verb.
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