Present Tense

Laura introduces herself, sharing details about her family, work, and hobbies. Then you’ll hear the same introduction from a 3rd-person perspective.

Meet Olga, a German expat living in Portugal, embracing rural life with her wife Lucie and their two dogs.

Gabriel and Violeta meet in the park and bond over their love for animals and the outdoors.

Enjoy a peaceful morning stroll along the Tagus River…

Rita and Nuno strike up a conversation in a waiting room. They pass the time discussing what their homes look like, who they live with, and some of their daily routines.

António tells Vítor about one of his favourite plays.

José and Diogo watch the game together. Keep an eye (or ear) out for irregular verbs in the present tense, such as ter, poder, querer, and ir, plus many common conversational phrases.

Sara gives Ana recommendations for new TV series to watch.

If you remember the Common Irregular Verbs unit, this is part 2! As you may remember, Portuguese verbs can be irregular in the root, the ending, or both, and they are often irregular only in certain tenses. Here’s an overview of most of the verbs we’ll cover in the following Lessons. For now, we’re continuing […]

A brother and sister reminisce on happy memories before clearing out their parents’ home.

A group of friends are about to go see a movie. Before they leave, Diana decides to make dinner for everyone, despite not being a very good cook… Take note of how regular -ar verbs (such as chegar, começar, cozinhar, ajudar, cortar, etc.) are conjugated in the present tense (presente do indicativo) throughout the dialogue. […]

Need more practice conjugating regular -er verbs? Listen for these verbs: comer, beber, crescer, parecer, escrever, correr, aprender, entender, conhecer, and responder. They are all conjugated following the same patterns! Follow along as Cassandra shares her typical Saturday routine. She eats breakfast with her son, writes an email to her mother, and then meets up with […]

Quick review of regular -IR verb endings Let’s start out with a regular -IR verb example, just to cleanse your palate 🍷: Irregular -IR Verbs And now, a very common and very irregular example: Here’s another irregular (and perhaps less scary) example:

Quick review of regular -ER verb endings Let’s start out with a regular verb: The verb stem escrev- is combined with the regular -ER present tense endings (-o, –es, –e, –emos, –em). Irregular -ER Verbs For an irregular example, let’s have a look at , which you’ve likely seen by now. This verb is a […]

As mentioned, verbs are split into three groups: -ar verbs -er verbs -ir verbs Now we’ll deal with the 3rd and final group: -IR verbs! IR Verb Endings The regular -IR verb conjugations are almost the same as the -ER verbs, except for one little difference… can you spot it? 🤔

As mentioned, Portuguese verbs are split into three groups: -ar verbs -er verbs -ir verbs Now we’ll deal with the 2nd group: -ER verbs! Regular -ER Verb Endings Below are some examples of regular -ER verbs in the present tense. Notice the endings (-o, -es, -e, -emos, -em) which are added after each verb’s stem […]

In Portuguese, verbs are split into three groups: -ar verbs -er verbs -ir verbs In this article, we’ll cover the first group: -AR Verbs! Common regular verbs ending in -AR include , and When the conjugation is regular, the endings of conjugated -AR verbs follow the same pattern. Below, we’ll use the Portuguese regular verb […]

As if learning 50 conjugations of each verb wasn’t enough, we also have to watch out for the dreaded irregular verbs! 🙈  In previous lessons, you learned the verb , one of the most common irregular verbs in Portuguese. But why is it called “irregular”? Well, verbs are irregular when they don’t follow the same […]