| 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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