First Conjugation Verbs

To help you consolidate this, here is another conjugation of a verb – given in both English and Portuguese.  The Portuguese verb ‘pensar’ means ‘to think’, and because it ends with ‘ar’, it is a first conjugation verb.

Note that the endings of the conjugations are the same as the previous example.  The Portuguese verbs trabalhar and pensar are both regular verbs of the first conjugation (ie. they are regular, and end in ‘ar’), so the endings attached to the stem (in the case of pensar, the stem is ‘pens’) are the same.  All regular verbs that end in ‘ar’ will follow exactly the same pattern.  The stem is always the infinitive minus the last 2 letters (well, nearly always – I’ll explain the exceptions in a minute), and the endings will always be as above.

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Pensar/achar Written by Julie Vincent on 2010-02-09 06:01:42 IP: 125.237.28.94 I have noticed the verb achar (to find) is used in some sentences where its meaning becomes think eg acho que sim or o que e que voce acha disso? Could you explain why the verb pensar is not used instead.    Thanks    Great site by the way!

Pensar/Achar Written by Administrator on 2010-02-21 09:39:48 IP: 81.103.153.54 Achar is used when you are giving your opinion about something. Pensar is used for all other situations.

Verbs Written by Simone on 2010-03-10 13:01:08 IP: 196.25.227.76 This is an amazing site!!!!    I have been on so many sites and have not found the answer to a question I've had for a long time.  I have noticed that almost all verbs refer to a person or persons. But what if you are not referring to anyone in particular.   For example how would I translate this : This program works well on my computer.  I can not use trabalhar as it means 'to work' and all the others relate to you:I, you, we, he, she, them or they.  Another example : It was spelt incorrectly.  The verb soletrar (to spell) in the past tense would be what exactly when I'm not refering to a person.     I hope I"m making sense

Persons Written by Administrator on 2010-03-16 20:00:12 IP: 81.103.153.54 In Portuguese, all nouns have a gender, so they don't have a word corresponding to 'it' in English. As such, the 'person' used would be the he/she or they form. For example, if you are referring to a house, and want to say 'it is big', in Portuguese, you would literally say 'she is big' - because house (casa) is feminine. In fact, when Portuguese speakers learn English, they often forget to use 'it' and use 'he' or 'she' instead, which can sound quite funny.

Written by Filipa Oliveira on 2011-07-11 04:09:31 IP: 217.129.197.235 Hi again! The verb "Achar" has two different meanings. It not only means "To guess" but also "To find". For example: Achei isto na rua (I found it on the street); Acho que estás errado (I guess you are wrong). We often use the expression: Que achado! - literal meaning: what a found! - when we find a fact, an object or other thing that is uncommon / surprising / luckily found.

"it" in portuguese Written by Diogo Regateiro on 2011-08-19 02:40:56 IP: 2.81.70.173 Your example "It was spelt incorrectly." would be translated to "Foi soletrado incorrectamente."  As you can see the translated sentence does not have a subject and its said that the subject is undefined which is the valid way to translate the word "it" when you're not refering anything in particular.    This example is not very intuitive, let me try another one: "it rained yesterday" would translate to "Choveu ontem". Its the same idea and I think its easier to grasp this way.    I'm not an expert (just a normal portuguese person) so if something is not right I would like someone to say so.

Pensar / Achar Written by Diogo Regateiro on 2011-08-19 02:56:29 IP: 2.81.70.173 By the way,    Quote: "Achar is used when you are giving your opinion about something. Pensar is used for all other situations."    I believe that when you're giving an opinion the verbs "pensar" and "achar" can be exchanged at will.   Saying "Eu acho que está óptimo" is the same thing as "Eu penso que está óptimo." (lit. "I think its great").

very similar to spanish Written by irene on 2012-07-24 06:49:31 IP: 66.68.208.167 I wouldnt say im a perfect spanish-speaker, but i know how to conjugate verbs in spanish. im learning portuguese mostly because i hear learning languages is easier at early ages. im only 13 and to me, this is a breeze. the only differences between these conjugation are the ``elas`` part, i simply relplace `an` with `am` to make it portuguese obrigada, this site is better than any teacher ive had!

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