I can talk about what I do every day — eat, drink, learn, write, open — and get the eu forms of fazer, dar, dizer, pôr, and trazer right.
Comer, abrir — and five special verbs
Comer, abrir — and five special verbs
Two conjugations are left: -er and -ir. They match almost everywhere, so they're learned in one table.
Forms: como, comes, come, comemos, comem; abro, abres, abre, abrimos, abrem. The only difference is the nós form: -emos for -er verbs and -imos for -ir verbs. The verbs viver and morar mean almost the same thing: “to live”.
The verb dormir has an irregular eu form: durmo. The other forms are regular: dormes, dorme, dormimos, dormem.
The first irregular -er verb is fazer: faço, fazes, faz, fazemos, fazem. Fazer anos means “to have a birthday”.
The verbs dar, dizer, and trazer also have an irregular eu form: dou, digo, trago. The other forms are in the table: fazer, dizer, and trazer have a short ele form — faz, diz, traz; dar has dão for eles. The familiar Como se diz … em português? is this same verb dizer.
The verb pôr stands apart: its infinitive doesn't end in -ar, -er, or -ir, and its stem is its own: ponho, pões, põe, pomos, põem.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “eu fazo” — faço.
• NOT “eu dizo” — digo.
• NOT “eu trazo” — trago.
• NOT “nós abremos” — abrimos.
• NOT “eu dormo” — durmo.
Presente: -er and -ir in one table
The two conjugations differ in one single form: the nós form.
| Who | -er (comer) | -ir (abrir) |
|---|---|---|
| eu | como | abro |
| tu | comes | abres |
| ele, ela, você, o senhor | come | abre |
| nós | comemos | abrimos |
| eles, elas, vocês | comem | abrem |
An irregular eu form — and everything else by the rule
Pôr has its own stem throughout; the other four have only an irregular eu form.
| Verb | Eu | The other forms |
|---|---|---|
| fazer | faço | fazes, faz, fazemos, fazem |
| dar | dou | dás, dá, damos, dão |
| dizer | digo | dizes, diz, dizemos, dizem |
| trazer | trago | trazes, traz, trazemos, trazem |
| pôr | ponho | pões, põe, pomos, põem |
Lesson notes
Comer, abrir — and five special verbs
Two conjugations are left: -er and -ir. They match almost everywhere, so they're learned in one table.
Forms: como, comes, come, comemos, comem; abro, abres, abre, abrimos, abrem. The only difference is the nós form: -emos for -er verbs and -imos for -ir verbs. The verbs viver and morar mean almost the same thing: “to live”.
The verb dormir has an irregular eu form: durmo. The other forms are regular: dormes, dorme, dormimos, dormem.
The first irregular -er verb is fazer: faço, fazes, faz, fazemos, fazem. Fazer anos means “to have a birthday”.
The verbs dar, dizer, and trazer also have an irregular eu form: dou, digo, trago. The other forms are in the table: fazer, dizer, and trazer have a short ele form — faz, diz, traz; dar has dão for eles. The familiar Como se diz … em português? is this same verb dizer.
The verb pôr stands apart: its infinitive doesn't end in -ar, -er, or -ir, and its stem is its own: ponho, pões, põe, pomos, põem.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “eu fazo” — faço.
• NOT “eu dizo” — digo.
• NOT “eu trazo” — trago.
• NOT “nós abremos” — abrimos.
• NOT “eu dormo” — durmo.