In Portuguese, verbs are conjugated according to their endings. Consequently, there are three different ways of conjugating them. Let me clarify it for you:
The first form or conjugation includes all regular verbs ending in -ar,
The second conjugation includes all regular verbs ending in -er,
And the third conjugation includes all regular verbs ending in -ir.
As in any other language, there are also irregular verbs in
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The Plural in Portuguese
In Portuguese, differently than in English, not only the nouns have plural forms, but the adjectives do as well. Remember an adjective in Portuguese has to agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and in number (singular or plural) with the noun it refers to.
Words Ending in a Vowel (a, e, i, o, u):
As a general rule, if a word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), all you need is to add an s to it. But as in English, there are some exceptions to
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Adjectives in Portuguese
Adjectives are words used to describe everything that exists in the world: people, animals, nature and its phenomena, and things. In Portuguese, an adjective must agree in gender and in number with the word that it is describing. Most of the time it is accompanied by a form of verb to be: Ser or Estar.
As we mentioned in our post about nouns, in Portuguese there are two genders which are used to represent not only people and animals, but also
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How The Word You Is Used In Portuguese
In Brazilian Portuguese, the word you is expressed in four different ways: two informal and two formal. Below, you're going to find examples using verb to be.
The Informal You
Você is the most popular way used to refer to you in Brazil. That’s the term everyone uses with their brothers and sisters and close friends. Even though você means you, it is conjugated with the verb form in the 3 rd person singular. Você can be used to refer to
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The Words The and A in Portuguese
The words the and a are translated in Portuguese as o, a, os, as and um, uma, uns, umas respectively. Language experts call these words articles which are words that come before the nouns and are used to define their gender.
In Portuguese just as in English, there are two types of articles: the definite article - o, a, os, as (the) and the indefinite article um, uma, uns, umas (a, an). The reason that there are four representations of both types
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Two Forms of To Be in Portuguese
Verb to be in Portuguese has two forms just as in Spanish: ser and estar. There is a difference in the usage these two verbs. Therefore, it’s important to understand why, so that you can use the appropriate verb to mean what you want to say. Ser is usually used with the idea that something is permanent while estar is used to carry the idea that something is more temporary.
Use Ser When Referring to:
Someone's Identity:
Examples:
Oi,
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