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Entender Conjugation

entender means "to to understand" in Portuguese. Simplest present: eu entendo, tu entendes, ele / ela / você entende, nós entendemos, eles / elas / vocês entendem. Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.

Simplest present Presente do indicativo

Drop -ar/-er/-ir and add the present endings. Used for facts, habits and what is happening now ('Falo inglês', 'Quero um café'), and for the near future with a time word ('Amanhã volto' = I'll come back tomorrow).

euentendo
tuentendes
ele / ela / vocêentende
nósentendemos
eles / elas / vocêsentendem

Simplest past (pretérito perfeito) Pretérito perfeito

Drop the ending and add -ei, -aste, -ou, -amos, -aram (-ar verbs); -i, -este, -eu, -emos, -eram (-er); -i, -iste, -iu, -imos, -iram (-ir). Used for any finished action: 'Falei com o gerente' = I spoke to the manager; it also covers English 'have done' ('Já comi' = I have eaten).

euentendi
tuentendeste
ele / ela / vocêentendeu
nósentendemos
eles / elas / vocêsentenderam

Simplest future (ir + infinitive) Futuro perifrástico (ir + infinitivo)

Present of 'ir' (vou, vais, vai, vamos, vão) plus the infinitive: 'Vou falar com ele' = I'm going to talk to him. This is how most people talk about plans in speech; the one-word future (falarei) is mostly written.

euvou entender
tuvais entender
ele / ela / vocêvai entender
nósvamos entender
eles / elas / vocêsvão entender

Examples

Desculpe, não entendo.Sorry, I don't understand.
Entendi, obrigado.Got it, thanks.

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