Conjugation of the Portuguese Verb 'contar'
Participles
past | present |
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contado | contando |
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Indicative Tenses
eu contei | nós contámos |
tu contaste | vós contastes |
ele contou | eles contaram |
eu contava | nós contávamos |
tu contavas | vós contáveis |
ele contava | eles contavam |
eu contara | nós contáramos |
tu contaras | vós contáreis |
ele contara | eles contaram |
Indicative Tenses
eu conto | nós contamos |
tu contas | vós contais |
ele conta | eles contam |
eu contarei | nós contaremos |
tu contarás | vós contareis |
ele contará | eles contarão |
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imperative
contemos nós | |
conta tu | contai vós |
conte ele | contem eles |
não contemos nós | |
não contes tu | não conteis vós |
não conte ele | não contem eles |
eu contaria | nós contaríamos |
tu contarias | vós contaríeis |
ele contaria | eles contariam |
para contar eu | para contarmos nós |
para contares tu | para contardes vós |
para contar ele | para contarem eles |
Subjunctive Tenses
se eu contasse | se nós contássemos |
se tu contasses | se vós contásseis |
se ele contasse | se eles contassem |
que eu conte | que nós contemos |
que tu contes | que vós conteis |
que ele conte | que eles contem |
quando eu contar | quando nós contarmos |
quando tu contares | quando vós contardes |
quando ele contar | quando eles contarem |
*Verbs are shown as:
-AR conjugation hints:
- All second persons end in 's' except for the imperative and preterite indicative singular
- All singulars for first and second persons end in a vowel except for the future and personal infinitive
- All first person plurals end in '-mos'
- All third person plurals end in 'm' except for future indicative
- The future subjunctive and personal infinitive are the same
- The future and pluperfect indicatives are the same except the stress syllable on the pluperfect is before the future and the first person singular and the third person plural suffixes are different
- It is important to remember that all the subjunctive tenses are 'subject' unto the indicative tenses for creating the radical part of the verb. The radical for the present subjunctive is formed by dropping the final 'o' of the present indicative first person singular. The radicals for both the preterite and future subjunctives are formed by dropping the '-ram' from the preterite indicative third preson plural.
- Considering the -ar and either the -er or -ir suffixes as opposite conjugations, the indicative and subjunctive present tenses are almost opposites. The radical of the present subjective is formed by dropping the final 'o' from the present indicative first person singular. The verb conjugation is formed as the opposite present indicative verb conjugation except the first person singular is the same as the third person singular.