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304 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

Some of the other verbs in -gar:

apagar	to put out, erase	jogar	to play (gamę)
carregar	to load,	pegar	to seize
	transport	pagar	to pay
entregar fatigar	to deliver to fatigue	rogar	to beg, ask
4. Verbs ending in -cer

In these verbs c changes to ę before o or a, This occurs in:

a.    the first person singular of the present indica-tive

b.    all forms of the present subjunctive Example: conhecer to know

PRESENT INDICATIYE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIYE

conheęo		conheęa
(conheces)		(conheęas)
conhece		conheęa
conhecemos		conheęamoś
(conheceis)		(conheęais)
conhecem		conheęam
Some of the other verbs in -cer:
abastecer	to supply	favorecer	to favor
acontecer	to happen	fornecer	to supply
agradecer	to be	merecer	to
	grateful		deserve
aparecer	to appear	nascer	to be
carecer	to lack		born
compadecer	to pity	obedecer	to obey

desaparecer	to disappear	oferecer	to offer
desobedecer	to disobey	padecer	to sufler
emełhecer	to age	parecer	to seem
esąuecer	to forget	permanecer	to remain
fałecer	to die	pertencer reconhecer	to belong to recog-nize

5. Verbs ending in -ger

In these verbs g changes to j before o or a, that is, in the same forms indicated above.

Example: proteger to protect

PRESENT INDICĄTIVE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE

protejo    prołeja

(proteges)    (protejas)

protege    proteja

protegemos    protejamos

(protegeis)    (protejais)

protegem    proiejam

Some of the other verbs in -ger: eleger to elect reger to rule

6. Verbs ending in -gir

These verbs have the same changes as verbs ending in -ger. Some of these are:

dirigir    to    direct    fugir    to flee

eńgir    to    erect    surgir    to emerge

exigir (x~sh)    to    demand