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First Past Tense: Irregular Verbs

Learn the high-frequency singular past tense forms of the irregular Brazilian Portuguese verbs ir, ser, fazer, and ter to talk about your weekend activities and past experiences.

A vibrant, wide-angle photograph captures a bustling Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a sunny day. The scene features people enjoying the sand and turquoise ocean, with the iconic Dois Irmãos mountains providing a dramatic backdrop, evoking a perfect and memorable weekend.
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Lesson#1
When talking about what you did yesterday or over the weekend, you will need a few key irregular verbs in the past tense. In Brazilian Portuguese, the verbs for going, being, doing, and having have special forms. In this deck, you will learn the singular past forms of these core verbs to talk naturally about your past activities.
Lesson#2
The verbs 'ir', meaning to go, and 'ser', meaning to be, share the exact same forms in the past. For 'eu', the form is 'fui'. So, 'eu fui' can mean 'I went' or 'I was'. For example, 'eu fui à praia' means 'I went to the beach'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Portuguese: 'I went to the beach.'

Eu fui à praia

Quiz#4
Translate into Portuguese: 'I went to Rio de Janeiro.'

Fui para o Rio de Janeiro

Lesson#5
For 'você', 'ele', and 'ela', the past form of 'ir' is 'foi'. To ask someone where they went, you say 'para onde você foi?'. To say that someone went to the cinema, you say 'foi ao cinema'.
Quiz#6
Speaking to a friend, translate into Portuguese: 'Where did you go?'

Para onde você foi?

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