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In Course: Brazilian Portuguese A2

Saying What You've Been Doing Lately

Master the spoken Pretérito Perfeito Composto in Brazilian Portuguese to talk about recent ongoing habits, routines, and repeated actions that continue up to the present.

A vibrant, wide-angle photograph of a beautiful sunrise over Rio de Janeiro, with the iconic Sugarloaf Mountain visible in the background. In the foreground, a person is seen jogging along a scenic path, beginning their daily routine as the city awakens.
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Lesson#1
In Brazilian Portuguese, when you want to talk about activities you have been doing repeatedly lately, you use a special compound tense. You combine the present tense of 'ter' with a past participle. This describes recurring actions that started recently and continue right up to now.
Lesson#2
To talk about what you personally have been doing, use 'tenho' followed by a past participle. Unlike in English, where 'I have worked' can mean a completed past event, in Portuguese 'tenho trabalhado' specifically means you have been repeatedly working. For example, 'Tenho trabalhado muito' means 'I have been working a lot'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Portuguese: 'I have been working a lot.'

Tenho trabalhado muito

Quiz#4
Translate into Portuguese: 'I have been studying a lot for the exam.'

Tenho estudado bastante para a prova

Lesson#5
You will very often hear this tense paired with time adverbs like 'ultimamente', which means 'lately', or 'recentemente', which means 'recently'. For example, 'Ultimamente tenho comido muita salada' means 'Lately I have been eating a lot of salad'.
Quiz#6
Translate into Portuguese: 'Lately I have been eating a lot of salad.'

Ultimamente tenho comido muita salada

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