Portuguese: Conditional and Subjunctive Verb Tense

The Conditional Tense from Sao Vicente da Fora in Lisbon

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tVCOyLgdOc

the conditional tense is kind of like the polite tense. It is how you would say, I would like, or I would suggest you do something. It is just a nice way of speaking. You use it to express desires, suggestions or to ask polite questions. It is simple to do as you just add an ending on to the infinitive of the verb. It is the same regardless if it is an, -ar, -er, -ir verb ending
here is an example with falar, eu falaria, tu falarias, ele/ela/voce falaria, nos falariamos, eles/elas/voces falariam.

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5 Responses to Portuguese: Conditional and Subjunctive Verb Tense

  1. Jack says:

    Hi very interesting video i didn’t know that Portuguese tenses but i find them quite interesting thanks for sharing such a nice video.

    Jack Stone

  2. Denise says:

    Interesting video. I’ve always wanted to learn Portuguese and even considered taking a class last year.

  3. Liz says:

    Please can you tell me why when I’m watching US/UK tv shows, the Portuguese subtitles always translate i would like as the ava form of the verb!!?? For example, I would like to dance = gostava dancar, I would love to = adorava. It happens time and time again, I am confused as this is a past tense. Is it a Portuguese idiom? Thanks Liz

  4. admin says:

    look in our imperct past tense verb video. that should help you out. the “ava” ending is for imperfect past which means it is something you did in the past for a period of time. For example, I swam as a kid. Eu nadava quando era crianca.

  5. Blaine says:

    I was learning Portuguese when I was in college. I liked this language, actually, but I faced difficulty to memorize the vocabulary. Could somebody here tell me how to improve Portuguese vocabulary? I want to learn it again.

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