Portuguese Present Tense of Regular Verbs

Learn how to conjugate regular verbs in Portuguese

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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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