Portuguese Verbs and Personal Pronouns

Question 1

Vebos

Answer 1

verbs

Question 2

What are regular verbs?

Answer 2

Verbs that follow the typical rules for their group.

Question 3

What are irregular verbs? Example: ser (to be).

Answer 3

Verbs that don’t follow the rules and must be memorized.

Question 4

What are the three types of Portuguese verbs?

Answer 4

ar verbs
er verbs
ir verbs

Question 5

What does a verb’s conjugation tell you?

Answer 5

Who is doing the action. The number of people (I vs. we) and singular (you) vs. plural (you). Whether your relationship to that person is formal or informal. When the action is happening (past, present, or future tense). The certainty (based on which tense/mood is used). The action itself.

Question 6

What do personal pronouns tell you?

Answer 6

Who or what is doing the action.

Question 7

Eu

Answer 7

I

Question 8

Tu

Answer 8

you

Question 9

Ele

Answer 9

he

Question 10

Ela

Answer 10

she

Question 11

Você

Answer 11

you (formal)

Question 12

Nós

Answer 12

we

Question 13

Eles

Answer 13

they (masculine or mixed sex group)

Question 14

Elas

Answer 14

they (feminine)

Question 15

vocês

Answer 15

you (plural for group)

Question 16

What is the 1st person/singular verb conjugation for “I”?

Answer 16

eu

Question 17

What is the 1st person/plural verb conjugation for “we”?

Answer 17

nós

Question 18

What is the 2nd person verb conjugation for “you”?

Answer 18

tu

Question 19

What is the 3rd person/singular verb conjugation for he, she and you (formal)?

Answer 19

ele = he
ela = she,
você = you (formal)

Question 20

What is the 3rd person/plural verb conjugation for they (masculine), they (female), and you (plural)?

Answer 20

eles = they (masculine)
elas = they (feminine)
vocês = you (plural)

Question 21

Why do we group você and vocês as 3rd person instead of 2nd person?

Answer 21

Você and vocês are technically 2nd person (you), however they are typically grouped in the 3rd person category for simplicity, because this is how they are conjugated.

Question 22

The verb forms for the personal pronouns ele, ela, and você (formal) are always conjugated the same way. If you wanted to say “he is”, “she is”, or “you are”, how would you say that in Portuguese?

Answer 22

Ele é = he is
Ela é = she is
Você é = you are

Question 23

The verb forms for the personal pronouns eles, elas, and vocês are always conjugated the same way. If you wanted to say “they are” (masculine), “they are” (feminine), or “you are” (plural), how would you say that in Portuguese?

Answer 23

eles são = they are (masculine)
elas são = they are (feminine)
Vocês são = you are (plural)

Question 24

If we are talking about a group of females, which form of “they” do we use?

Answer 24

elas

Question 25

If we are talking about a group of males or a mixed group of men and women, which form of “they” do we use?

Answer 25

eles

Question 26

“It” corresponds to the 3rd person singular verb conjugation, but Portuguese doesn’t actually use neutral pronouns like “it”. In cases where you would expect to use “it”, there is often no pronoun at all. How would you say “It’s Saturday”?

Answer 26

É Sabado = is Saturday, aka It’s Saturday.

Question 27

In some cases, when referring to inanimate objects (depending of whether they are masculine or feminine), what Portuguese word can we use?

Answer 27

ele (masculine) or ela (feminine)

Question 28

Is it ok to sometimes omit the personal pronoun in Portuguese? Why?

Answer 28

Yes, omitting the pronoun is not just for the word “it” though. In Portuguese, it’s very common to omit the personal pronouns (eu, tu, ele, etc.) preceding a verb. This is because in most contexts, the verb conjugation already tells you who is doing the action.

Question 29

What are the three main ways to say “you” in Portuguese?

Answer 29

tu = you (informal/close family)
você = you (formal)
vocês = you (plural)