Page 264 - Portuguese Dictionary Phrasebook (The Rough Guide)

todas as quartas-feiras saíamos para dar um passeio
tohdazash kwartash fayrash sa-ee-amoosh para dar oong passay-oo
every Wednesday we used to go for a walk, every Wednesday
we went for a walk
sempre chegávamos cedo ao emprego
saympr shigavamoosh saydwow aympraygoo
we always arrived early at work
One useful irregular verb in the imperfect tense is:
ter to have
tinha [teen-ya] I used to have
tinhas [teen-yash] you used to have (sing, fam)
tinha [teen-ya] he/she/it used to have,
you used to have (sing, pol)
tínhamos [teen-yamoosh] we used to have
tinham [teen-yowng] they used to have,
you used to have (pl)
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
See page 265 for the imperfect tense of the verbs ser andr
estar.
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Future Tense
To form the future tense in Portuguese (I will do, you will
Verbs
do etc), add the following endings to the infinitive. The same
endings are used whether verbs end in -ar, -er orr -ir:
amar to love
amar-ei [amaray] I will love
amar-ás [amarash] you will love (sing, fam)
amar-á [amara] he will love, she will love,
you will love (sing, pol)
amar-emos [amaraymoosh] we will love
amar-ão [amarowng] they will love, you will love (pl)
voltarei mais tarde
voltaray mīsh tard
I’ll come back later

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