Questions
Notes
Past perfect conjugation
- prometer- to promise
- prometi
- prometeste
- prometeu
- prometemos
- prometeram
- prometeram
- Eles prometeram chegar cedo
- abrir- to open
- abri
- abriste
- abriu
- abrimos
- abriram
- abriram
- voltar- to come back
- voltei
- voltaste
- voltou
- voltamos
- voltaram
Vocabulary
- tarde- late or afternoon
- Arrival- Chegada
- partir- to break
- Eu parti dois ovos para fazer maionese caseira.- I cracked (broke) two eggs in order to make homemade mayonnaise.
- arroz (guttural ‘r’; stress last syllable)- rice
- batata- potato
- The plane departed from the airport.- O avião partiu (par-tee-ooh) do aeroporto.
- aeroporto- airport
- avião- plane
- Eu abri a janela porque estava calor- I opened the window because it was hot
- “was hot” (estava) is past continuous tense because it has been hot throughout the day
- because- porqu
- Eu falei com a minha mãe.- I spoke to (with) my mother
- Nós falámos de futebol.- We spoke about football
- futebol americano- American football
- I came back from work- eu voltei do trabalho.
- Eu acabei de voltar do trabalho.- I just came back from work (I finished coming back from work)
- acabar de- just
- Acabei de ter a minha aula de português.- I just had my Portuguese class (I finished having my Portuguese class)
Next class
- Learning some irregular verbs