Portuguese/Imperfect subjunctive tense regular verbs

      The imperfect subjunctive is formed by adding the following endings to the stem.

      For all verbs this is formed from the third person plural preterite stem plus the set endings in the table below for the type of verb

      What is meant by the 'stem' in this case is what is left after taking the 'ram' ending from the 'eles' form of the preterite tense.

      Trying this with a regular verb (1st person singular form): FALAR > falaram - ram = fala > fala + sse = FALASSE

      Trying this with an irregular verb (1st person singular form): FAZER > fizeram - ram = fize > fize + sse = FIZESSE


      For the 'nós' and 'vós' forms, accents must be added as per the table below:


      ...I was speaking
      		 Eu fala sse
      ...you were speaking
      		 Tu fala sses
      ...he was speaking
      (also ela, você)      		 Ele fala sse
      ...we were speaking
      		 Nós fal

      ássemos

      		 BUT

      Nós comêssemos

      Nós partíssemos
      ...you (p) were speak Vós fal

      ásseis

      Vós comêsseis

      Vós partísseis
      ...they were speaking
      (also elas, vocês)      		 Eles fala ssem
      Last modified on 12 February 2008, at 00:31