Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

Verb haver
Use	Example	English
Haver + participle in compound tenses *(more formal than ter)*	Eles hão lido muito ultimamente.	They have been reading a lately.
	Você já havia chegado quando ela abriu os presentes?	Had you already arrived when she opened the gifts?
	Ele haverá feito cinqüenta anos de idade em 2020.	He will have turned fifty years old by 2020.
	Ela haveria sido mais educada se você não houvesse gritado com ela.	She would have been more polite if you hadn't shouted at her.
	Avise-me quando você houver terminado isso.	Tell me when you have finished it.
	Ele agiu como se não houvéssemos brigado.	He acted as if we hadn't fought.
Haver + length of time Use only 3rd person singular forms in all tenses. **Haver plays the role of preposition for.**	Não a vejo há dois meses.	I haven't seen her for two months.
	Não conversava com ele havia dois meses.	I hadn't talked to him for two months.
Haver de + infinitive = will + (bare) infinitive, to express intentions and insistence	Eu hei de falar português fluentemente.	*I will* speak Portuguese fluently. (stressed will)**
Haver = there to be Use only 3rd person singular forms in all tenses.	Há duas pessoas na sala de estar.	There are two people in the living room.
	Houve dois assaltos a banco ontem.	There were two bank robberies yesterday.