Verbs ending in ar in the Past

14 de March de 2013

Verbs ending in AR in the Past

Hello from A Dica do Dia! Today, we are going to talk about the verbs ending in AR in the past

So guys, as you know, in general, the verbs in AR are regular and have the same ending. But how do we go about its conjugation in the past? It’s really simple, take a look:

Verbs ending in AR in the past. The conjugation of the verbs ending in -ar in the Past in Portuguese: eu falei, vocΓͺ falou, ele/ela falou, nΓ³s falamos, vocΓͺs falaram, eles/elas falaram.
But remember, here we’re talking about regular verbs ending in AR, those are different of course from -ER, -IR and irregular verbs, that follow a different rule.

Examples

Eu morei em SΓ£o Paulo por dois anos.
I lived in SΓ£o Paulo for two years.

VocΓͺ jΓ‘ comprou o novo livro do Luis Fernando VerΓ­ssimo?
Did you buy the new Luis Fernando VerΓ­ssimo’s book yet?

Ele falou comigo sobre a viagem.
He talked to me about the trip.

NΓ³s tentamos ajudar os meninos com o exercΓ­cio.
We tried to help the boys with exercise.

VocΓͺs levaram seus filhos na viagem?
Did you take your kids on the trip?

Os meninos quebraram a janela com uma bola.
The boys broke the window with the ball.

Exercises

Now that you know how to do the conjugation of Verbs ending in AR in the past, how about we do some exercises just to make sure we got it?

Complete:

  1. (comprar) VocΓͺ _______ um carro? NΓ£o, _______ uma moto.
  2. (conversar) VocΓͺ jΓ‘ _______ com o seu chefe sobre o seu horΓ‘rio de trabalho?
  3. (andar) Ontem, nΓ³s _______ na praia de Copacabana. Mas, meus amigos _______ na praia de Ipanema.
  4. (achar/gostar) O que vocΓͺs _______ da caipirinha desse quiosque? VocΓͺs _______ ?
  5. (comprar) No ano passado, meus pais _______ Β uma casa muito grande.
  6. (perguntar) O que vocΓͺs __________? NΓ³s nΓ£o ___________ nada.
  7. (falar) Eles _________ PortuguΓͺs a aula inteira.
  8. (morar/viajar) Ano passado ele _______ no Brasil mas esse ano ele ________ para Cuba.
  9. (amar) NΓ³s _________ Sambar!
  10. (cantar) VocΓͺs ________ o que ontem? Eu _________ Bossa Nova.
  11. (danΓ§ar) Semana passada nΓ³s __________ muito na festa!
  12. (jogar) VocΓͺs ______ videogame juntos?

That’s it, guys! See you in our next A Dica do Dia here at Rio & Learn!

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Answers

  1. comprou/comprei
  2. conversou
  3. andamos/andaram
  4. acharam/gostaram
  5. compraram
  6. perguntaram/perguntamos
  7. falaram
  8. morou/viajou
  9. amamos
  10. cantaram/cantei
  11. danΓ§amos
  12. jogaram