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Use of the Past Participle
There are two auxiliary verbs in Portuguese: ter (more comr -
monly used) and haver. These two combine with the past
participle to make a compound form of the past tense.
To form the past participle, remove the infinitive endings and
add the endings -ado or -ido as indicated below:
infinitive past participle
amar am-ado [amadoo]
comer com-ido [komeedoo]
partir part-ido [parteedoo]
ela já tinha comprado o bilhete
ehla Ja teen-ya kompradoo oo bil-yayt
she had already bought the ticket
Some further examples using the past participle:
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
este livro foi comprado em Lisboa
aysht leevroo foh-i kompradoo ayng liJboh-a
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this book was bought in Lisbon
temos comido bem ela deve ter partido ontem
Verbs
taymoosh komeedoo bayng ehla dehv tayr parteedoo ohntayng
we’ve been eating well she should have left yesterday
Some verbs have irregular past participles:
fazer to do, to make feito [faytoo]
abrirr to open aberto [abehrtoo]
dizer to say dito [deetoo]
pôr to put posto [pohshtoo]
ver to see visto [veeshtoo]
vir to come vindo [veendoo]
satisfazerr to satisfy satisfeito [satishfaytoo]

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