Primitive tense Derived tense How do you do the derivation? Endings to be added
1st 2nd 3rd
Impersonal infinitive Imperfect indicative Remove the infinitive endings (-ar, -er, -ir) and add the imperfect indicative endings. ava ia ia
avas ias ias
ava ia ia
ávamos íamos íamos
áveis íeis íeis
avam iam iam
Future indicative Add future indicative endings to the impersonal infinitive. ei ei ei
ás ás ás
á á á
emos emos emos
eis eis eis
ão ão ão
Preterite future indicative Just add the preterite future  indicative endings to impersonal infinitive. ia ia ia
ias ias ias
ia ia ia
íamos íamos íamos
íeis íeis íeis
iam iam iam
Gerund  

Remove ar, er, and ir from the infinitive and add ando, endo and indo.

 

ando endo indo
Participle  

Remove ar, er and ir from the infinitive and add ado, ido and ido.

 

ado ido ido
Personal infinitive Just add the personal infinitive endings to the forms of the impersonal infinitive. - - -
es es es
- - -
mos mos mos
des des des
em em em

 


 

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