Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
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Regular verbs - Verbals |
There are three verbals (formas nominais) are the infinitive, the gerund and the past participle. The infinitive can be personal or impersonal, and the gerund can be simple or compound.
| Impersonal Infinitive (Base Form) - Infinitivo impessoal | ||
| Present Form | Past Form | |
| 1st Conjugation | amar | ter amado |
| 2nd Conjugation | beber | ter bebido |
| 3rd Conjugation |
partir |
ter partido |
| Personal Infinitive - Infinitivo pessoal | |||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Persons |
| amar | beber | partir | eu |
| amares | beberes | partires | tu |
| amar | beber | partir | ele |
| amar | beber | partir | ela |
| amar | beber | partir | você |
| amarmos | bebermos | partirmos | nós |
| amardes | beberdes | partirdes | vós |
| amarem | beberem | partirem | eles |
| amarem | beberem | partirem | elas |
| amarem | beberem | partirem | vocês |
| Gerund - Gerúndio | ||
| Present Form | Past Form | |
| 1st Conjugation | amando | tendo amado |
| 2nd Conjugation | bebendo | tendo bebido |
| 3rd Conjugation |
partindo |
tendo partido |
| Past Participle - Particípio | |
| 1st Conjugation | amado |
| 2nd Conjugation | bebido |
| 3rd Conjugation |
partido |
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Portuguese-English verb tense correspondence Verbals - Formas nominais |
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| Verbals | English | Portuguese |
| Gerund | He is swimming | Ele está nadando |
| Smoking is harmful | Fumar é prejudicial | |
| Compound gerund | Having said that, I... | Tendo dito isso, eu... |
| Past participle | I had drunk | Eu tinha bebido |
| Impersonal infinitive | amar | to love |
| Personal infinitive | Read Verbals on Verb Tenses 2. | |
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