Saber is irregular in the Imperfect Indicative tense. ✻ The Imperfect tense is used when talking about continuous or ongoing action in the past. Something that used to happen or, would (always) happen. imperfect indicativesaber to knoweusabiavocê, ele, elasabianóssabíamosvocês, eles, elassabiam
In Portuguese, there are several ways to refer to something that happened in the past, each with varying shades of meaning. Verb tenses! The Past Imperfect – officially called the Imperfect Indicative (o Pretérito Imperfeito), is used when talking about continuous or ongoing action in the past. Something that used to occur or, would always occur….
Read more...In the previous post we talked about this verb tense — the imperfect subjunctive, as well. So many of you have asked to see even more examples of this super-useful grammar trick so: aqui estão! (here they are!) the Imperfect Subjunctive is insanely great. Even better with the Conditional! And BTW, only language professors need…
Read more...This is a great practice dialog for the preterit imperfect. Be sure and read the related post listed at the bottom first. You will need to be up-to-speed on the irregular conjugation of TER to understand this. Esse diálogo é bem avançado mesmo. Não é brincadeira. PSICÓLOGO Então. Você acha que você sofre de síndrome…
Ter is irregular in the Imperfect Indicative tense. ✻ The Imperfect tense is used when talking about continuous or ongoing action in the past. Something that used to happen or, would (always) happen. imperfect indicativeter to haveeutinhavocê, ele, elatinhanóstínhamosvocês, eles, elastenham
Ser is irregular in the Imperfect Indicative tense. ✻ The Imperfect tense is used when talking about continuous or ongoing action in the past. Something that used to happen or, would (always) happen. imperfect indicativeser to beeueravocê, ele, elaeranóséramosvocês, eles, elaseram
To express was. When talking about action in the past, use the imperfect indicative tense of estar –> estava. imperfect indicativeestar to beeuestavavocê, ele, elaestavanósestávamosvocês, eles, elasestavam
Use the Imperfect Indicative when talking about actions that were continuous, habitual, or repeated over an unspecified period of time. Something that used to happen or, would (always) happen. *Also called the Imperfect Past tense. I used to work at the Bank of Brazil. ➜ Eu trabalhava no Banco do…
The phrase pensei que seems like it should always trigger the subjunctive, but not so. In Portuguese, there are grey areas that don’t always strictly obey the grammar rules. All languages have inconsistencies. The thing to learn in this dialog is that pensei que is a phrase that is used all the time, and you…
In this dialog you get to see the “past continuous” tense IN ACTION. Its real name is the preterit imperfect, and it’s used whenever you are telling a story of something that happened in the past. It’s not to talk about what you did yesterday or last week. It’s specifically when you are saying something…
THEO Bom dia. CLAIRE Eu ainda estou dormindo. THEO Feliz aniversário de casamento. If someone says, “é meu aniversário”, it’s their birthday. If someone says, “é nosso aniversário”, it’s their wedding anniversary. CLAIRE E disseram que não ia durar. DURAR = to last. DURO(A) = tough, grueling. How would you say, “Our marriage has lasted…
From our online Portuguese course. In English, we do not have this tense (the imperfect indicative). But watch out because in Portuguese of Brazil you cannot talk about the past without it! In Portuguese, when talking about an event in the past that was ongoing or would always occur, we use this tense. Here is…
Read more...That’s what olympic athlete Rafaela Silva said after being eliminated (declassificada) for an illegal Judo move. And the expression, “cabeça quente” — hot head is something we would say as well. What’s worth learning from this is that Brazilians use ‘cabeça’ in expressions all the time. Let’s see… de cabeça para baixo = upside-down >…
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