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11.5. 1 regular verbs in imperfeito

Beside three verbs all the verbs in imperfeito are regular. The endings of the verbs in infinitive, -ar, -ir, -er are left out and to what remains, the stem, we ad ava, -avas, -ava, -ávamos, avam to verbs ending in ar and und -ia, -ias, -ia, -iamos, -iam to the verbs ending in -ir and -er.

Concerning the use English native speakers should be aware that the English past tense, I went, can be used for an accomplished action in an accomplished past. That is not possible in Portuguese. A sentence like "Last year I bought a car" has to be translated with the pretérito perfeito simples, see 9.1. Conjugate the following verbs in imperfeito.

		falar	to speak
		pagar	to pay
		dormir	to sleep
		ouvir	to hear
		querer	want
		saber	to know
		ir	to go
		fazer	to make
		dizer	to say
		poder	can
		dar	to give

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