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Verb "ter"/ Verbo ter



The verb to have is another important verb in Portuguese. It's an irregular verb:

Person  Portuguese  English 
1. s.  eu tenho  I have 
2. s.  tu tens  you have 
3. s.  ele/ela tem  he/she/it has 
1. p.  nós temos  we have 
2. p.  vós tendes  you all have 
3. p.  eles/elas têm  they have 

See some examples:
Nós temos um cachorro. ("We have a dog.")
Eles têm uma bela casa. ("They have a beautiful house.")

The verb "ter" means "to have" in the sense of "possess", but, whenever followed by que or de, also can design some obligation, meaning "to have to" or "to must". Frequently "ter que" means "to need to" as well.

See some examples:
Nós temos de ser amigos. ("We have to be friends.")
Eles têm que trabalhar? ("Do they need to work?")
Ele não tem que voltar para casa, mas eu tenho. ("He hasn't to go back home, but I must to.")

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Past imperfect indicative of regular verbs/Pretérito imperfeito do indicativo de verbos regulares



Tense  Person  1st conjugation  2nd conjugation  3rd conjugation 
Past imperfect indicative  eu ava ii
tu avas ias ias 
ele/ela ava ii
nós ávamos íamos íamos 
vós áveis íeis íeis 
eles/elas avam iam iam 
Infinitive  –ar  –er  –ir 



Conjugation rules:
  • the second conjugation (er-verbs) is equals to the third conjugacion (ir-verbs), only changing the stem vowel e of er-verbs by i.
  • the first person singular (eu) is equals to the third person singular (ele/ela).
  • the second person singular (tu) is equals to the third person singular (ele/ela) plus -s.
  • the third person singular (ele/ela) takes the stem vowel plus -va in first conjugation (ar-verbs) and -a in third conjugation (er and ir-verbs), noting that er-verbs have the stem vowel replaced by -i.
  • the first person plural (nós) takes the stem vowel plus -vamos (ar-verbs) or -amos (er and ir-verbs). Don't forget the acute accent upon the stem vowels and to replace stem vowel in er-verbs by -i.
  • the second person plural (vós) takes the stem vowel plus -veis (ar-verbs) or -eis (er and ir-verbs). Don't forget the acute accent upon the stem vowels and to replace the stem vowel in er-verbs by -i.
  • the third person plural (eles/elas) is equals to the third person singular (ele/ela) plus -m.

There is a table with three examples below: "cantar" ("to sing"), "comer" ("to eat") and "partir" ("to leave").

Tense  Person  1st conjugation  2nd conjugation  3rd conjugation 
Past imperfect indicative  eu  cantava  comia  partia 
tu  cantavas  comias  partias 
ele/ela  cantava  comia  partia 
nós  cantávamos  comíamos  partíamos 
vós  cantáveis  comíeis  partíeis 
ele/ela  cantavam  comiam  partiam 
Infinitive  cantar  comer  partir 

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Irregular verbs/Verbos irregulares



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Oblique and straight pronouns/Pronomes do caso reto e oblíquo



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Cardinal numbers/Números cardinais



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Dialogue/Diálogo



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