Participle: visto, vista, seen.
The Verbs composed of ver, are conjugated in the same manner, as:
prever, rever, antever.
12. Perder, to lose.
The irregularity of this Verb consists in the following tenses changing the d into c.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| perco, | I lose |
| perdes, | thou losest |
| perde, | he loses |
| perdemos, | we lose |
| perdeis, | you lose |
| perdem, | they lose. |
13. Valer, to be worth,
changes l into lh, in the following tenses.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu valho, | I am worth |
| tu vales | regular |
| elle vale | |
| nós valemos | |
| vós valeis | |
| elles valem | |
| Subjunctive Mood. |
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| Present. | ||
| que | eu valha, | that I may be worth |
| tu valhas, | that thou mayest be worth | |
| elle valha, | that he may be worth | |
| nós valhamos, | that we may be worth | |
| vós valhais, | that you may be worth | |
| elles valhão, | that they may be worth. | |
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| vale tu, | be thou worth | |
| valha elle, | let him be worth | |
| valhamos, | let us be worth | |
| valei vós, | be ye worth | |
| valhão elles, | let them be worth. | |
14. Ler, to read.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu leio, | I read |
| tu lês, | thou readest |
| elle lê, | he reads |
| nós lemos, | we read |
| vós ledes, | you read |
| elles lêm, | they read. |
| Subjunctive Mood. |
||
| Present. | ||
| que | eu lêia, | that I may read |
| tu lêias, | that thou mayest read | |
| elle lêia, | that he may read | |
| nós lêiamos, | that we may read | |
| vós lêiais, | that you may read | |
| elles lêião, | that they may read. | |
| Imperative Mood. |
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| lê tu, | read thou | |
| lêia elle, | let him read | |
| lêiamos, | let us read | |
| lede vós, | read ye | |
| lêião elles, | let them read. | |
The Verb “crer” to believe, is conjugated in the same manner.
15. The Verbs ending in “ger”
change g into j in all persons when it is followed by o or a, for the sake of pronunciation. As:
| eleger, | to elect; |
| elejo, que eu eleja, | etc. |
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THIRD CONJUGATION.
16. Ir, to go.
| Subjunctive Mood. |
||
| Present. | ||
| que | eu vá, | that I may go |
| tu vás, | that thou mayest go | |
| elle vá, | that he may go | |
| nós vámos, | that we may go | |
| vos vades, | that you may go | |
| elles vão, | that they may go. | |
| Imperfect. |
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| que | eu fora, | that I might go |
| tu foras, | that thou mightst go | |
| elle fora, | that he might go | |
| nós foramos, | that we might go | |
| vós foreis, | that you might go | |
| elles forão, | that they might go. | |
| Perfect. |
||
| que | eu fosse, | that I may have gone |
| (like “ser”). | ||
| Future. |
||
| quando | eu for, | when I shall go |
| (like “ser”). | ||
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| vai tu, | go thou | |
| vá elle, | let him go | |
| vamos, | let us go | |
| ide vós, | go ye | |
| vão elles, | let them go. | |
17. Vir, to come.
Participle: vindo, vinda, come.
18. Pedir, to request,
changes d in ç in the following persons.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu peço, | I request |
| (the other persons are regular: pedes, pede, etc.). | |
| Subjunctive Mood. |
||
| Present. | ||
| que | eu peça, | that I may request |
| tu peças, | that thou mayest request | |
| elle peça, | that he may request | |
| nós peçamos, | that we may request | |
| vós peçais, | that you may request | |
| elles peção, | that they may request. | |
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| pede tu, | request thou | |
| peça elle, | let him request | |
| peçamos nós, | let us request | |
| pedi vós, | request ye | |
| peção elles, | let them request. | |
“Medir” to measure, is conjugated in the same manner.
19. Rir, to laugh.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu rio, | I laugh |
| tu ris, | thou laughest |
| elle ri, | he laughs |
| nós rimos, | we laugh |
| vós rides, | you laugh |
| elles rim, | they laugh. |
| Subjunctive Mood. |
||
| Present. | ||
| que | eu ria, | that I may laugh |
| tu rias, | that thou mayest laugh | |
| elle ria, | that he may laugh | |
| nós riamos, | that we may laugh | |
| vós riais, | that you may laugh | |
| elles rião, | that they may laugh. | |
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| ri tu, | laugh thou | |
| ria elle, | let him laugh | |
| riamos, | let us laugh | |
| ride vós, | laugh ye | |
| rião elles, | let them laugh. | |
20. The Verbs ending in “gir”
change the g into j in all persons where g is followed by o or a.
21. The Verbs ending in “uzir”
drop the final e in the third person Singular of the Present, as:
conduz (not conduze), induz (not induze).
22. The Verbs ending in “hir”
change hi into i in the following persons.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu saio, | I go out |
| (the others are regular: sahes, sahe, sahimos, etc.). | |
23. Subir, to mount,
changes u into o, in the second person Singular, third person Singular and Plural of the Present, and in the second person of the Imperative, as:
sobes, sobe, sobem, sobe tu.
24. Mentir, to lie,
changes e into i in the following persons.
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present. | |
| eu minto, | I lie |
| (tu mentes, elle mente). | |
| Subjunctive Mood. |
||
| Present. | ||
| que | eu minta, | that I may lie |
| tu mintas, | that thou mayest lie | |
| elle minta, | that he may lie | |
| nós mintamos, | that we may lie | |
| vós mintais, | that you may lie | |
| elles mintão, | that they may lie. | |
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| mente tu, | lie thou | |
| minta elle, | let him lie | |
| mintamos nós, | let us lie | |
| menti vós, | lie ye | |
| mintão elles, | let them lie. | |
The same irregularities occur in
| sentir, | to feel |
| servir, | to serve |
| ferir, | to wound. |
25. Dormir, to sleep.
This Verb changes o into u in all persons, in which mentir changes the e into i, as:
26. Ouvir, to hear.
This Verb changes uvi into uç in all persons in which mentir changes e into i, as:
eu ouço, I hear
que eu ouça, that I may hear.
| Imperative Mood. |
||
| ouve tu, | hear thou | |
| ouça elle, | let him hear | |
| ouçamos nós, | let us hear | |
| ouvi vós, | hear ye | |
| oução elles, | let them hear. | |
Some writers change u into i, as:
oiço,
oiça.
27. Pôr, to place, to put.
Gerund: pondo, placing.
Participle: posto, posta, placed.
The Verbs composed by pôr are conjugated in the same manner, as:
antepôr, compôr, depôr, dispôr, propôr.
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The following Verbs have two Participles, a regular and an irregular one.
FIRST CONJUGATION.
| aceitar, | to accept, | aceitado, | aceito |
| enxugar, | to dry, | enxugado, | enxuto |
| exceptuar, | to except, | exceptuado, | excepto |
| expressar, | to express, | expressado, | expresso |
| expulsar, | to expel, | expulsado, | expulso |
| gastar, | to spend, | gastado, | gasto |
| imprensar, | to print, | imprensado, | impresso |
| izentar, | to except, | izentado, | izento |
| manifestar, | to manifest, | manifestado, | manifesto |
| pagar, | to pay, | pagado, | pago |
| salvar, | to save, | salvado, | salvo |
| professar, | to act, profess, | professado, | professo |
| soltar, | to set at liberty, | soltado, | solto |
| sujeitar, | to subject, | sujeitado, | sujeito. |
SECOND CONJUGATION.
THIRD CONJUGATION.
| abrir, | to open, | abrido, | aberto |
| affligir, | to afflict, | affligido, | afflicto |
| concluir, | to close, shut, | concluido, | concluso |
| contrahir, | to contract, | contrahido, | contracto |
| cubrir, | to cover, | cubrido, | cuberto |
| distinguir, | to distinguish, | distinguido, | distincto |
| distrahir, | to abstract, | distrahido, | distracto |
| erigir, | to erect, | erigido, | erecto |
| exhaurir, | to exhaust, | exhaurido, | exhausto |
| expellir, | to expel, | expellido, | expulso |
| exprimir, | to express, | exprimido, | expresso |
| exstinguir, | to extinguish, | extinguido, | extincto |
| extrahir, | to extract, | extrahido, | extracto |
| frigir, | to fry, | frigido, | frito |
| imprimir, | to impress, | imprimido, | impresso |
| incluir, | to shut up, | incluido, | incluso |
| inserir, | to insert, | inserido, | inserto |
| opprimir, | to oppress, | opprimido, | oppresso |
| possuir, | to possess, | possuido, | possesso |
| reprimir, | to suppress, | reprimido, | represso |
| submergir, | to submerge, | submergido, | submerso |
| supprimir, | to oppress, | supprimido, | suppresso |
| surgir, | to anchor, | surgido, | surto. |
The first or regular form of these Participles is generally used for the compound tenses, whilst the second or irregular form is Generally used with ser or estar.
are only used in the third person Singular, they are:
| Chover, | to rain | - | chove, | it rains |
| relampager | to lighten | - | relampaga | it lightens |
| fuzilar | - | fuzila | ||
| trovejar, | to thunder | - | troveja, | it thunders |
| choviscar, | to drizzle (rain) | - | chovisca, | it drizzles |
| nevar, | to snow | - | neva, | it snows |
| gelar, | to freeze | - | gela, | it freezes. |
They follow those Conjugations to which they belong.
| Hoje, | to-day |
| agora, | now |
| hontem, | yesterday |
| presentemente, | at present |
| antehontem, | the day before yesterday |
| antigamente, | in times past |
| ultimamente, | lastly |
| recentemente, | lately |
| amanhãa, | to-morrow |
| logo, | directly |
| depois de amanhãa, | the day after to-morrow |
| daqui por diante, | from hence, in future |
| sempre, | always |
| desde, | since |
| ainda, | yet. |
| aqui, | here |
| ali, acolá, | there |
| arriba, | above |
| abaixo, | below |
| além, | on the other side |
| daquem, | on this side |
| á mão direita, | to the right |
| á mão esquerda, | to the left |
| d’ali, | from here. |
| muito, | very |
| bem, | good, well |
| mal, | bad |
| pouco, | little |
| assaz, | enough |
| demasiadamente, | too much |
| sufficientemente, | sufficient |
| abundantemente, | abundantly |
| mesmo, | even |
| apenas, | scarcely |
| senão, | only |
| principalmente, | chiefly |
| em geral, | generally, altogether. |
| sim, | yes |
| certamente, | certainly |
| verdadeiramente, | indeed |
| não, | no |
| nada, | nothing |
| talvez | perhaps |
| pode ser | |
| quiça | |
| quando? | when? |
| como? | how? |
| porque? | why? |
| quanto? | how much? |
| onde? | where? |
| aonde? | whereto? |
The Adverbs are not declined, but some are compared like the Adjectives, as:
| mais ricamente, | richer |
| menos ricamente, | less rich |
| tão ricamente, | just as rich |
| muito ricamente, | very rich |
| o mais ricamente, | the richest; |
| Superl. | |||||||
| bem, | good, | formes | the | Comp.: | melhor | - | optimamente |
| mal, | bad, | - | - | - | peior | - | pessimamente. |
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The following Adverbs are principally in use: