Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
| Primitive tense | Derived tense | How do you do the derivation? | Endings to be added | ||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| 1st person of the perfect indicative | Imperfect subjunctive |
Remove the ending -ei (1st conjugation), -i (2nd and 3rd conjugations) of the 1st person of the perfect indicative and add imperfect subjunctive endings to all persons.
|
asse | esse | isse |
| asses | esses | isses | |||
| asse | esse | isse | |||
| ássemos | êssemos | íssemos | |||
| ásseis | êsseis | ísseis | |||
| assem | essem | issem | |||
| Pluperfect indicative |
Remove the ending -ei (1st conjugation), -i (2nd and 3rd conjugations) of the 1st person of the perfect indicative and add plusperfect indicative endings to all persons.
|
ara | era | ira | |
| aras | eras | iras | |||
| ara | era | ira | |||
| áramos | êramos | íramos | |||
| áreis | êreis | íreis | |||
| aram | eram | iram | |||
| Future subjunctive |
Remove the ending -ei (1st conjugation), -i (2nd and 3rd conjugations) of the 1st person of the perfect indicative and add future subjunctive endings to all persons.
|
ar | er | ir | |
| ares | eres | ires | |||
| ar | er | ir | |||
| armos | ermos | irmos | |||
| ardes | erdes | irdes | |||
| arem | erem | irem | |||
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