Summary p270

270 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

2.    to indicate a condition, or action in progress when something else happened:

Que łhe dizia Jodo    What was John telling

ąuando entramos?¹ you when we entered?

3,    time of day in the past:

Eram oito horas    It was eight o’clock

ąuando voltamos.¹    when we retumed.

b. Irregular imperfects; there are four verbs in Portuguese which are irregular in the imper-fect:

pór—punka, (punhas), punka, punhamos, (punheis), punham

ser—era, (eros), era, eramos, (ereis), eram ter—tinha, (tinhas), tinha, tinhamos,

(tinheis), tinham

vir —vinha, (vinhas), vinha, vinhamos,

(vinheis), vinham

3. The futurę:

The futurę of regular verbs is formed by adding the endings -ei, (-ós), -a, -emos, (-eis), -do to the fuli infinitive:

aprender to leam

aprenderei

(aprenderas)

aprendera

aprenderemos

(aprendereis)

aprenderdo

falar to speak

falarei

(fałaras)

falard

falaremos

(falareis)

falarao

partir to leave

partirei

(partiras)

partira

partiremos

(partireis)

partirdo

¹ entramos, voltamos 0.

Notę: The verbs dizer, fazer, and trazer add these endings to a shortened stem: direi,/arei, trarei etc.

The futurę generally expresses a futurę action: Chegarei ds nove.    1*11 arrive at nine.

Sometimes it expresses conjecture or probability in the present:

Que horas serdo?    What time can it be?

Serdo sete horas.    It must be seven o’clock.

źle proyóyelmente    He’s probably home.

es tara em casa.

4. The preterit:

The preterit of regular verbs is formed by adding the proper endings to the stem of the verb:

I	il	Ul
-ei	-i	-i
(•as te)	(•este)	(-iste)
-ou	-eu	iiu
-amos (-dmos	-emos	-imos
(-astes)	(-estes)	(-istes)
-aram	-eram	-iram

The preterit expresses an action completed in the past with emphasis on the fact rather than on the duration, repetition, or description:

Carlos falou comigo    Charles spoke to me

ontem.    yesterday.

źle me disse    He told me everything.

(disse-me tudo.

We went to the movies.

Fomos ao cinema.