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Study Resource: Irregular verbs in the preterite

By: Fabiana Dametto Oliveira
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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The following verbs are irregular in the preterite tense in Brazilian Portuguese. This table illustrates their conjugation.

Verb
eu(I)
tu(you)
você(you sg.)
ele(he, it)
ela(she, it)
nós(we)
vós*(you)
vocês(you pl.)
eles, elas(they)
ser(to be)
fui
foste
foi
fomos
fostes
foram
ir(to go)
fui
foste
foi
fomos
fostes
foram
ter(to have)
tive
tiveste
teve
tivemos
tivestes
tiveram
estar(to be)
estive
estiveste
esteve
estivemos
estivestes
estiveram
dar(to give)
dei
deste
deu
demos
destes
deram
ver(to see)
vi
viste
viu
vimos
vistes
viram
vir(to come)
vim
vieste
veio
viemos
viestes
vieram
trazer(to bring)
trouxe
trouxeste
trouxe
trouxemos
trouxestes
trouxeram
saber(to know)
soube
soubeste
soube
soubemos
soubestes
souberam
caber(to fit)
coube
coubeste
coube
coubemos
coubestes
couberam
haver(to be)
houve
houveste
houve
houvemos
houvestes
houveram
dizer(to say)
disse
disseste
disse
dissemos
dissestes
disseram
querer(to want)
quis
quiseste
quis
quisemos
quisestes
quiseram
fazer(to do/make)
fiz
fizeste
fez
fizemos
fizestes
fizeram
poder(can)
pude
pudeste
pôde
pudemos
pudestes
puderam
pôr**(to put)
pus
puseste
pôs
pusemos
pusestes
puseram
*This is a very formal form of “you” that is rarely used in Brazilian Portuguese.
**The verbs repor(to replace), compor(to compose), supor(to suppose), and the other verbs ending in -or are conjugated in the same way as pôr.

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