In Portuguese, the fastest way to start talking about the future is with the verb IR. All you need to know is how to conjugate IR in it’s present tense. This will give you superpowers to construct useful sentences like “I’m going to swim later today,” “She’s going to be mad!,” and “We’re going to buy the nuclear powered scooter.” Embrace the potential of IR – combine it with ANY VERB and say what’s GOING to happen.
Read more...IR has to be one of the most satisfying verbs to speak in the past (preterit) tense. SAY IT: eu fui (FOO-EY), você foi (FOY). FUI & FOI – these are how you express went.I went (fui), you/he/she went (fui). It’s the past tense for action that is DONE, DONE, DONE. (the complete conjugation of…
Read more...JORGE O que foi? Literally, “what was it?” This is of course, the simple past tense of ser. This is just another way of saying, “what happened?”. There are three ways that Brazilians ask, “what happened?”: (1) O que aconteceu?; (2) O que foi?; (3) O que houve? (verbo HAVER). PAULO Está muito lento agora….
* New 3rd part will begin right after a replay the first two segments 🤞 This really is how this would play out in Brazil. Not that the maids here cover up the inevitable accidents, but just that things do_break. All 3 of these chapters happened to me, personally. Having a housekeeper is a real…
PSICÓLOGO Pode começar. PSICÓLOGO Cinco, dez, quinze, vinte, vinte e cinco… PACIENTE O que… o que é isso? PSICÓLOGO Isso é seu dinheiro indo embora. Vinte e cinco… You already know that IR EMBORA means, to go away. So here, the INDO is the Present Progressive of IR. indo = going indo embora = going…
Most Portuguese courses start by teaching the future tense (using IR). Como vai? That’s because it’s the simplest thing to learn. But in the real world you want to be able to talk about what happened a few minutes ago; what happened yesterday, and so on. And, this is NO BIG DEAL to do. You…
Read more...I always wanted to have a quick summary of all the most common ways the verb IR in Portuguese is used. Se você aprender todos desse formas, você já saberia mais sobre o verbo IR do que a maioria dos brasileiros 😉 to go ir (irregular) I go eu v ou you/he/she goes(s) você/ele/ela v…
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