In this deck, you will learn the imperfect tense, known as the Pretérito Imperfeito. In Brazilian Portuguese, this tense is used to describe past habits, routines, and ongoing situations. It is the form you use to talk about what life was like or what you used to do.

To set the scene for past habits, Portuguese speakers often use time expressions. 'Antigamente' means in the past or formerly. To say at that time or in those days, you can say 'na época'. Another common way to say in those days is 'naquela época'.

For regular verbs ending in A R, remove the A R and add A V A for the pronouns eu, você, ele, ela, and a gente. For example, the verb 'morar' becomes 'morava'. 'Antigamente eu morava perto do parque' means 'In the past I used to live near the park'.