Portuguese/Contents/Regular verbs
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Regular verbs are verbs that have a normal pattern used in giving tense to the verbs. This is as apposed to irregular verbs, which have their own individual ways of adding tense.
[edit] Verb endings
Verbs in Portuguese end in 3 different suffixes. These suffixes are -ar, -er, and -ir. These suffixes determine how the verb's tenses are handled.
[edit] Tenses
The following are sections dedicated to the different tenses used for regular verbs:
- Present tense regular verbs
- Future tense regular verbs
- Imperfect tense regular verbs
- Preterite tense regular verbs
[edit] Regular verbs
Here is a list of some common regular verbs, along with their meanings:
- amar - to love
- beber - to drink
- cantar - to sing
- chegar - to arrive
- comer - to eat
- comprar - to buy
- conhecer - to know (as in being acquainted with)
- correr - to run
- dormir - to sleep
- estudar - to study
- falar - to speak
- ficar - to become, to stay, or to remain
- partir - to leave
- vender - to sell
- viver - to live
