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Portuguese/Present subjunctive tense regular verbs
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Use
Present Subjuntivo (O presente do subjuntivo) is used to show that some idea or action is hypothetical. It is also used to express desire, emotion, improbability, give commands, and in impersonal expressions to express opinion (i.e. É bom que ele seja.)
Example: Eu quero que tu me tragas um garfo. -> I want you to bring me a fork.
Forming
Presente do Conjuntivo is formed from the singular first person of Presente do Indicativo's radical, plus the following desinencies:
-ar present subjunctive regular verbs
that I speak
que eu fal
e
that you (singular, inf.) speak
que tu fal
es
that he speaks
(also ela, você)
que ele fal
e
that we speak
que nós fal
emos
that you (f) speak
que vós fal
eis
that they speak
(also elas, vocês)
que eles fal
em
-er and -ir present subjunctive regular verbs
that I eat
que eu com
a
that you (s,inf) eat
que tu com
as
that he eats
(also ela, você)
que ele com
a
that we eat
que nós com
amos
that you (f) eat
que vós com
ais
that they eat
(also elas, vocês)
que eles com
am