Portuguese - Verb Conjugation (Part I) Portuguese verbs are surely the hardest part of learning this language, because they are highly inflected. A verb might be: regular, irregular, abundante (abundant), anômalo (anomalous) or defectivo (defective). Regular - Follow a standard rule. Examples are: amar, vender and partir; Irregular - Do not follow a standard rule, irregularities may appear either in the root (raíz) or in the ending (desinência). Examples are: ouvir, medir, caber; Anômalos - Irregular verbs that change their root radically in some conjugations. Examples are: ser, ir, vir, ter; Abundantes - Verbs that have more than one form for a specific conjugation (tense, person, mood). Examples are: limpar (limpo/limpado), encher (cheio/enchido); Defectivos - Lack some conjugations (for a person, a tense, a mood...). Exambles are: abolir, precaver; A bit more of vocabulary before going throught conjugations. Consider the above mentioned classification, but don't worry too much about them - most of verbs are 'regulars' and any exceptional case will be explained. Here is a short list: amar - to love (amare, aimer); gostar - to like (gustar); odiar - to hate (odiare); falar - to speak (hablar, parlare, parler); escutar - to listen (escuchar, ascoltare, écouter); entender - to understand (entender, entendre); escrever - to write (escribir, scrivere, écrire); ler - to read (leer, leggere, lire); correr - to run (correre, courrir); Irregular verbs: fazer - to make/to do (hacer, fare, faire); ouvir - to listen; Anomalous (and very important) verbs: ser - to be (essere, être. note: inherent); ir - to go; ter - to have / to own; vir - to come; That's enough... xD Next topic: Regular verbs, -AR ending;