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Study Resource: How to conjugate ‘ter’ in Brazilian Portuguese?

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 full conjugation of the verb ter(to have) in Brazilian Portuguese is given in the tables below.

* This is a very formal form of “you” that is rarely used in Brazilian Portuguese.

Subject pronouns	Simple present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
eu(I)	tenho	tive	tinha	terei	teria
tu(you)	tens	tiveste	tinhas	terás	terias
você(you, sg.) ele(he, it) ela(she, it)	tem	teve	tinha	terás	teria
nós(we)	temos	tivemos	tínhamos	teremos	teríamos
vós(you)*	tendes	tivestes	tínheis	tereis	teríeis
vocês(you, pl.) eles, elas	têm	tiveram	tinham	terão	teriam


tido	tendo


Subject pronouns	Present	Imperfect	Future
eu(I)	tenha	tivesse	tiver
tu(you)	tenhas	tivesses	tiveres
você(you, sg.) ele(he, it) ela(she, it)	tenha	tivesse	tiver
nós(we)	tenhamos	tivéssemos	tivermos
vós(you)*	tenhais	tivésseis	tiverdes
vocês(you, pl.), eles, elas(they)	tenham	tivessem	tiverem


Subject pronouns	Affirmative	Negative
eu(I)	-	-
tu(you)	tem	não tenhas
você(you, sg.) ele(he, it) ela(she, it)	tenha	não tenha
nós(we)	tenhamos	não tenhamos
vós(you)*	tende	não tenhais
vocês(you, pl.), eles, elas(they)	tenham	não tenhamos

Subject pronouns	Personal infinitive
eu(I)	tiver
tu(you)	tiveres
você(you, sg.) ele(he, it) ela(she, it)	tiver
nós(we)	tivermos
vós(you)*	terdes
vocês(you, pl.), eles, elas(they)	terem

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