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Present Indicative tense

In Portuguese, the present tense verbs (formally called the present indicative) are divided into three groups: ar verbs, er verbs and ir verbs. All (well, almost!) verbs end in one of these.

falar
to speak, talk
eufalo
você, ele, elafala
nósfalamos
vocês, eles, elasfalam

entender
to understand
euentendo
você, ele, elaentende
nósentendemos
vocês, eles, elasentendem

partir
to leave, depart
euparto
você, ele, elaparte
nóspartimos
vocês, eles, elaspartem