Portuguese/Contents/BPL1/Terceira lição

PortugueseBP - Level 1 Terceira lição Segunda lição Quarta lição Verb "ir"/ Verbo ir The verb to go is an important verb in Portuguese. It's an irregular verb: Person Portuguese English 1. s. eu vou I go 2. s. você vai you go 3. s. ele/ela vai he/she/it goes 1. p. nós vamos we go 2. p. vocês vão you all go 3. p. eles/elas vão they go See some examples: Nós vamos para a escola. ("We go to the school.") Eles vão para a casa deles. ("They go to their house.") Compound future/Futuro composto The verb "ir" can work as an auxiliary verb for the (near) future tense (just like "to be going to" in English). This structure is made using the "ir" plus the infinitive of an other verb. See some examples: Nós vamos ser amigos. ("We are going to be friends.") Eles vão estar aqui? ("Are they going to be here?") Ele não vai estudar português, mas eu vou. ("He is not going to study Portuguese, but I am going to.") Present indicative of regular verbs/Presente do indicativo de verbos regulares The conjugation form for each stem vowel in the present indicative tense is much alike. There is a table below with all three of them (stem vowels are highlighted): Tense Person 1st conjugation 2nd conjugation 3rd conjugation Present indicative eu –o –o –o você –a –e –e ele/ela –a –e –e nós –amos –emos –imos vocês –am –em –em eles/elas –am –em –em Infinitive –ar –er –ir Conjugation rules: the first person singular (eu) always take -o. the second person singular (você) takes the stem vowel (ir-verbs take -e instead). the third person singular (ele/ela) takes the stem vowel (ir-verbs take -e instead). the first person plural (nós) takes the stem vowel plus -mos. the second person plural (vocês) is equals to the third person singular (você) plus -m. the third person plural (eles/elas) is equals to the third person singular (ele/ela) plus -m. There is a table with three examples below: "cantar" ("to sing"), "comer" ("to eat") and "partir" ("to leave"). Tense Person 1st conjugation 2nd conjugation 3rd conjugation Present indicative eu canto como parto você canta come parte ele/ela canta come parte nós cantamos comemos partimos vocês cantam comem partem eles/elas cantam comem partem Infinitive cantar comer partir There are below six examples of common verbs (with regular present indicative tense) for each conjugation. Common verbs (regular present indicative tense) 1st conjugation (–ar) 2nd conjugation (–er) 3rd conjugation (–ir) trabalhar, to work descansar, to rest ensinar, to teach sentar, to sit down levantar, to get up, to rise fechar, to close comer, to eat beber, to drink viver, to live morrer, to die aprender, to learn receber, to receive decidir, to decide permitir, to allow proibir, to forbid abrir, to open existir, to exist, there to be assistir, to watch, to assist