Page 263 - Portuguese Dictionary Phrasebook (The Rough Guide)

comprá
ámos um carro no ano passado
kompramooz oong karroo noo anoo pasadoo
we bought a car last year
See page 265 for the preterite tense of the verbs ser and r
estar.
Imperfect Tense
This tense is used to express what was going on regularly over
an indefinite period of time and is often translated by ‘used to HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
+ verb’. It is formed as follows:
amar to love
am-ava [amava] I used to love
am-avas [amavash] you used to love (sing, fam)
am-ava [amava] he/she used to love,
you used to love (sing, pol)
am-ávamos [amavamoosh] we used to love
am-avam [amavowng] they used to love,
you used to love (pl) N
comer to eat
com-ia [komee-a] I used to eat, I was eating etc Verbs
com-ias [komee-ash] you used to eat (sing, fam)
com-ia [komee-a] he/she/it used to eat,
used to eat (sing, pol)
com-íamos [komee-amoosh] we used to eat
com-iam [komee-owng] they used to eat,
you used to eat (pl)
partir to leave
part-ia [partee-a] I used to leave, I was leaving etc
part-ias [partee-ash] you used to leave (sing, fam)
part-ia [partee-a] he/she/it used to leave,
you used to leave (sing, pol)
part-íamos [partee-amoosh] we used to leave
part-iam [partee-owng] they used to leave,
you used to leave (pl)
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