Portuguese Adverbs of Time

January 30, 2014

What’s up people? All good?
In our Dica today we will talk about Portuguese Adverbs of Time. Do you know how to use Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow in Portuguese? And how about the other adverbs?

List of Portuguese Adverbs of Time

When we are talking, sometimes we have to locate ourselves in space and time, right? In order to do so, we must know the Portuguese adverbs of time. So to begin with, here’s a list of them:

Past

Ontem	Yesterday
Anteontem	Day before yesterday
Semana passada	Last week
Ontem à noite	Last night
Semana retrasada	The week before last week
Mês passado	Last month
Mês retrasado	The month before last month
Ano passado	Last year
Ano retrasado	The year before last year
Ainda	Still
Ainda	Yet
Ago	Atrás

Present

Hoje	Today
Hoje à noite	Tonight
Já	Already
Agora	Now
Agora mesmo	Right now
Hoje cedo	This morning
Então	Then
Esta semana	This week
Este mês	This month
Este ano	This year
Recentemente	Recently
Recentemente	Lately
Imediatamente	Immediately

Future

Amanhã	Tomorrow
Depois de amanhã	Day after tomorrow
Semana que vem	Next week
Mês que vem	Next month
Próximo mês	Next month
Ano que vem	Next year
Próximo ano	Next year
Logo	Soon
Mais tarde	Later

Today, yesterday and tomorrow

Furthermore, can you locate yourself and talk about things that have happened or will happen during the week? What you did yesterday and what are you planning to do the day after tomorrow? Now that you are familiar with the words, let’s read a text with the Portuguese adverbs of time.

Text with Portuguese Adverbs of Time

Olá, meu nome é Mary e sou dos Estados Unidos. Cheguei no Rio de Janeiro anteontem, às 2:00 da tarde. Quando cheguei, peguei um táxi e fui para o apartamento do meu amigo, Roberto. Ontem, fomos à escola de Português Rio & Learn porque eu queria aprender português em 30 dias. Hoje é minha primeira aula e estou muito animada para aprender coisas novas. A escola oferece as Atividades RioLIVE!, que parecem ser muito interessantes para praticar Português fora da escola com os outros estudantes e também com algumas pessoas na rua. Amanhã, vamos fazer uma atividade muito legal: vamos conhecer o centro da cidade e, depois de amanhã, vamos praticar alguns vocabulários na praia e beber Caipirinha. Mês que vem eu vou voltar para os Estados Unidos e tenho certeza que vou sentir falta do Rio.

Translation of the text: Portuguese adverbs of time

Hi, my name is Mary and I am from the United States. I arrived in Rio de Janeiro the day before yesterday, at 2:00 in the afternoon. When I arrived, I took a taxi and went to my friend Roberto’s apartment. Yesterday, we went to the Portuguese language school Rio & Learn because I wanted to learn Portuguese in 30 days. Today is my first class and I’m very excited to learn new things. The school offers the RioLIVE! Activities, that seem to be very interesting for practicing Portuguese out of the school while with the other students, as well as different people on the street. Tomorrow, we will do a very cool activity: we will visit the city center and the day after tomorrow, we will practice some vocabulary at the beach and drink a caipirinha. Next month i’ll be going back to the United States and I’m sure I’ll miss Rio.

Notice that we conjugate the verbs in Portuguese according to the Portuguese adverbs of time! They mark the time of the sentences, hence the conjugation of the verbs.

Plain sailing?

We have just learned the Portuguese Adverbs of Time. Applying what you’ve just learned, can you plan your month using these adverbs?
Have you already posted something on Instagram today? Did you know that you can win a free private class posting a picture with #amorioandlearn? What are you waiting for?
See you later folks!

Click on the links below to see more related Dicas
Common Adverbs in Portuguese
Frequency adverbs in Portuguese
Adverbs of Place in Portuguese
Adverbs ending in Mente in Portuguese

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