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Infinitive
> Infinitive |
to do
> Personal Infinitive | (for) me to do
Indicative
> Present | I do,
I am doing
> Preterit / Past | I did
> Imperfect | I used to do
> Future | I will do
> Pluperfect | I had done (literary construction)
Subjunctive
> Present | that
you do
> Imperfect | if I did
> Future | when I (may) do
Conditional | I would do
Imperative | do it!
Participles
> Present Participle
| doing
> Past Participle | done
Compound Verbs | I have done, I had done, I will have done, I would have done
Progressive | I am doing
Passive | It was done (by me)
Reflexive Verbs | saying "I washed myself" and not just "I washed"
Using Pronouns with Verbs | the separate rules on usage in Portugal and Brazil
Using ser, estar and ficar | three verbs meaning "to be"
Using há and tem | two verbs meaning "there is" or "there are"
Irregular Verbs | verbs that do not follow the expected pattern
Acabar de | saying phrases like "I just did it"
Spelling Changes | how the verb stem changes when adding endings
Pronominal Conjugation (mesoclitic pronouns) | the literary use of pronouns with the Future Indicative and the Conditional