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Past Tense:
Preterite Tense
The preterite is the tense most commonly used to express a
completed action that has taken place in the past. To form the
preterite tense for the three main types of verb in Portuguese,
remove the -ar, -er or r -ir and add the following endings:r
am-ei [amay] I loved
am-aste [amasht] you loved (sing, fam) HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
am-ou [amoh] he loved, she loved,
you loved (sing, pol)
am-ámos [amamoosh] we loved
am-aram [amarowng] they loved, you loved (pl)
com-i [komee] I ate
com-este [komaysht] you ate (sing, fam)
com-eu [komay-oo] he ate, she ate, it ate,
you ate (sing, pol) N
com-emos [komaymoosh] we ate
com-eram [komayrowng] they ate, you ate (pl) Verbs
part-i [partee] I left
part-iste [parteesht] you left (sing, fam)
part-iu [partee-oo] he left, she left, it left,
you left (sing, pol)
part-imos [parteemoosh] we left
part-iram [parteerowng] they left, you left (pl)
The following verbs are irregular in the preterite:
dizer to say
disse [dees] I said
disseste [disehsht] you said (sing, fam)
disse [dees] he said, she said,
you said (sing, pol)
dissemos [disaymoosh] we said
disseram [disehrowng] they said, you said (pl)
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