Fixing Portuguese Grammar: Verb Conjugations, Syntax and Figures of Speech

Verb Conjugations in Portuguese

By 3rd person plural: pusessem. Ter 2nd person singular: tenhas. Vir 3rd person singular: venha. Ser 1st person plural: sejamos.

Imperative: no destruir 1st person plural = Não destruamos nós! Imperative 2nd person singular = Põe! Pôr 3rd person plural = Não trago as vozes! Ser 1st person plural = Não sejamos nós!

Verb Tenses and Moods

Haja, Houvesse, Houver (subjunctive forms of haver).

Ver 2nd person singular = Vai! Querer 1st person plural = Não queiras nós! Pôr, Ponhamos, Pusessemos.

Saber 3rd person plural = Saibam as vozes! Vir 3rd person singular = Venha! Pusermos.

Syntactic Function

Estejam, estivessem, estiverem.

Em supermercados = adverbial complement of place.

Da professora de matemática = nominal complement (supplement).

Retenha, retivesse, retiver (forms of reter).

Ou predicativo do sujeito. Protótipo de muitos outros = adnominal attachment.

To music by U2 = direct object.

Lhe = indirect object. As orelhas = direct object.

Possam, pudessem, puderem (forms of poder).

Morphological Function

Vejam, viessem, viremos (forms of vir).

De = preposition. Subterrânea = adjective: simple, derivative, biform.

Alto = adjective: simple, primitive, biform. E = additive coordinating conjunction. By = preposition. After = preposition.

Humano = adjective: simple, derived, biform. Alto = adjective: simple, derivative, uniform. Além = adverb of place.

Realidade = common noun: simple, derived, abstract.

As = subordinating causal conjunction. It = subordinating conjunction. Fácil = adjective: simple, uniform, primitive.

Precisão = common noun: simple, derived, abstract. Outline = common noun: simple, concrete.

Abundância = common noun: simple, derived, abstract. E = additive coordinating conjunction. Abundância = common noun: simple, abstract, derived.

À room = contraction; feminine adverbial locution of place. Há (haver) = impersonal verb meaning to exist.

Saída dela = contraction; requires a preceding preposition; the following word is feminine.

15 minutes = time. Há future. A room above requires a preposition; the following word is feminine.

Há mais ou menos 2 days = impersonal verb haver meaning to exist. A umidade = article.

Figures of Speech

O governo do apoio two eleitor necessita. O governo = metonymy. Necessita = prosopopoeia.

We review roteiro, mas não shaved or anything. Reviewed or roteiro = ellipsis. Mas não = alliteration.

Na Prefeitura Municipal = inversion. O elo de ligação entre os = pleonasm.

Verb Classification Summary

HAJA = 2nd conjugation, 3rd person singular, subjunctive mood. ESTEJA = 1st conjugation, 2nd person singular, subjunctive mood.

PÕE = 2nd conjugation, 2nd person singular, affirmative, imperative mood. VENHA = 3rd conjugation, 3rd person singular, affirmative, imperative mood.

NÃO BEBAS = 2nd conjugation, 2nd person singular, negative, imperative mood.

Vocabulary

Sobrac, supporting = security. Little path = rule. Brusculeantes = undefined, tremulous.