CHAPTER 4
WRITING ADAPTABLE MATERIALS
Verbs
Contrast between singular and plural, in the same endings that reflect person and tense.
Contrasts between first and third persons.
[In Brazilian Portuguese, special second-person forms are very little used. The third person forms are used instead.]
Contrast among the most indispensable tenses:
Present indicative.
Preterite.
Periphrastic future.
Periphrastic progressive.
Infinitive.
And limited exposure to:
Imperfective.
Present subjunctive.
Past subjunctive.
Future subjunctive.
Personal infinitive.
Future.
The above forms for the three 'regular' conjugations and for:
| ser | be | querer | want | |
| estar | be | poder | be able | |
| fazer | do | saber | know | |
| dar | give | ver | see | |
| ter | have | vir | come | |
| ir | go | trazer | bring | |
| por | put | ha | there is |
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