When talking about events that are not certain, European Portuguese offers several common expressions to convey probability or uncertainty. These expressions do not all behave the same…
Fill in the gaps with the missing verbs.
When you want to describe something that is happening at this exact moment in European Portuguese, you use a very specific and consistent structure. This structure is…
Mark the sentences that emphasize that the action is taking place at the present moment.
In this lesson we look at the structure used in European Portuguese to describe actions in progress at the present moment, and how it differs from the form commonly used in Brazilian Portuguese.
Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the Present tense.
Fill in the blanks with the right verb forms (formal/informal).
Fill in the blanks with the verb forms of the verbs “ser” and “estar”.
Fill in the blanks with the semi-irregular verbs.
Fill in the blanks with the regular verbs (-er, -ir).
Fill in the blanks with the verbs Ser or Estar.
To express ongoing actions in Portuguese, the present continuous tense is used. This construction mirrors English in function, combining estar with the verb’s gerund form.
This article concerns Portuguese equivalents to the English Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Present Perfect tenses. We will be mostly focusing on usage, not conjugation. To learn…
Portuguese verbs can feel more cumbersome to learn than, say, English. Being a Romance language, Portuguese isn’t short of verb forms to keep track of. Fortunately, there…
Portuguese verbs can be tricky, especially with their many conjugations and tenses. If you’re not familiar with Romance languages, they might seem overwhelming. Memorizing verb forms is…
