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verbs in portuguese end with AR, ER, or IR --> FALAR , BEBER, ABRIR so to conjugate them you take out the end AR, ER, or IR and put this terminations for past and present tense: EU FAL(EI) // EU FAL(O) // EU BEB(I) // EU BEB(O) EU ABR(I) // EU ABR(O) verbs for YOU - VOCÊ have a different ending, so I suggest you to find the website boralabrodi dot com on google and take a look at the videos about verbs
Portuguese verbs are grouped by their endings: Ar / Er / Ir star to learn the patterns
[part 3 of 3] 3rd conjugation - verb: dormIR (to sleep) It ends with IR. As this is a regular verb , its conjugation pattern can be applied to other regular verbs (as abrir, desistir, permitir... to open, to give up, to allow). PRESENT TENSE Eu durmO (I sleep) Tu dormES (You sleep) Ele | Ela | Você dormE (he | she |"you in most part of Brazil" sleep) Nós dormIMOS (we sleep) Vós dormIS (you sleep) Eles | Elas | Vocês dormEM (he | she | "you [plural] in most part of Brazil" sleep). It's the beginning: starting with present tense, then past perfect, past imperfect, future tense, and so it goes. Once regular verbs patterns are memorized, it's time to start study the irregular verbs. These ones need more memorizing exercises. They are the expection of the rules above.
[ part 2 of 3] 2nd. conjugations - verb: comER (to eat) It ends with ER. As this is a regular verb, its conjugation pattern can be applied to ather regular verbs (as beber, viver, aprender... to drink, to live, to learn). EX. PRESENT TENSE Eu comO (I eat) Tu comES (you eat) Ele | Ela | Você comE (he | she | "you in most part of Brazil" eats) Nós comEMOS (we eat) Vós comEIS (you eat) Ele | Ela | Vocês comEM (he | she | "you [plural] in most part of Brazil" eat)
[part 1 of 3] First you should understand that Portuguese verbs are classified in 3 types of conjugation, based on the end of the verb in the infinitive form. Three exemples above: - 1st conjugation - verb: estudAR (to study) It ends with AR. As this is a regular verb, its conjugation pattern could be applied to other regular verbs (as amar, viajar, trabalhar... to love, to travel, to work). EX. PRESENT TENSE Eu estudO (I study) Tu estudAS (you study) Ele | Ela | Você estudA (he | she | "you in most part of Brazil" studies) Nós estudAMOS (we study) Vós estudEIS (you [plural] study) Eles | Elas | Vocês (He | She | "you [plural] in most part of Brazil" study). - 2nd conjugation - verb: comER (to eat) It ends with ER. As this is a regular verb, its conjugation pattern could be applied to other regular verbs (as beber, viver, aprender... to drink, to live, to learn). (continues in oher answer)
Portuguese verbs have lots of conjugations; most of them can be tricky if you don't speak a language with a Latin background. I always tell my students that the best way to learn verbs is by using them. Write sentences, listen to people talking in the target language, and you can even talk to yourself (haha) to practice the ones you have more difficulties with.
In Portuguese we have verbs that are words that express actions and end with AR, ER and IR. We have the regular verbs (they are "behaved") and the irregular ones (which undergo alterations either at the beginning or at the end of the word). You, student of Portuguese as a second language, can first search for verbs in the tense called the present tense. Thus, you will have starting base. Don't give up if the language seems difficult. If there's one thing we like: to teach our language, our regional expressions, slang etc. 🇧🇷❤️
Regular verbs follow a pattern. Understanding the suffixes is essential. Irregular verbs usually don't follow a pattern, so try to write them down as much as you can, trying to form sentences that make sense for your daily life. Besides, read lots of texts, watch movies, then you'll get used to them. More importantly: never be afraid of asking questions if you don't know the verb tense. It's not at all a problem.
Regular verbs: understand the general formula. irregular verbs: write them as much as you can
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