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Portuguese Lesson: Verb Ter, Present Tense & Pronunciation Tips

Portuguese Lesson: Verb Ter, Present Tense & Pronunciation Tips

posted on August 28, 2013

 

Portuguese Lesson: Verb Ter = To have

Our lesson today is about the irregular verb Ter.

  • Ter = To Have in English.

I will teach you the conjugation of Ter in the present tense (presente do indicativo) and will give you lots of pronunciation tips. The pronunciation tips will work for your Brazilian Portuguese in general, not just for this verb. At the end of this post you will find practice exercises.

In our next lesson, I will teach you to use the verb Ter to say things like “I have to work today”.

Because this lesson focuses on pronunciation, I am not giving you a literal transcript of the video. For reference, here is the conjugation of Ter in the present tense:

Verb Ter, Present Tense
Eu tenho
Você tem
Ele tem
Ela tem
A gente tem
Nós temos
Vocês têm
Eles têm
Elas têm

 

Here is your video lesson:

 

Flashcard App to Help You Practice

I hope this lesson will help you in your brazilian portuguese journey. For lots of additional practice, check out our Flashcard App for Android. Set 1 is FREE and is also available for Kindle Fire. It covers the present tense of four irregular verbs Ser, Estar, Ir and Ter. The app offers you 50 cards with each of these power verbs.

In the Google Play Store you will find additional sets of cards with different verb conjugations. To learn more about the app, please watch this video:

 

Practice Exercises

Complete the sentences with the appropriate conjugation of Ter in the present tense. To learn new vocabulary, use this online Portuguese-English dictionary:

1. João _______________ um cachorro.

2. Eu __________________ um carro vermelho.

3. Renata __________________ um livro.

4. Eu _______________ muita energia.

5. Nós ___________________ muitos amigos.

6. Dani e Clara ____________________ uma bicicleta.

7.
ANA:       Fabiana ____________________ dinheiro, né??

MARIA:   ____________, sim. Fabiana ______________ muito dinheiro.

8. Este supermercado ________________ muitas frutas frescas.

9. Eu __________________ pressa. Não ___________________ tempo.

10. Nós __________________ muita sorte.

11. Cristina ____________________ vinte e nove anos.

12. Este shopping ___________________ lojas ótimas.

 

Answer key:

1. tem

2. tenho

3. tem

4. tenho

5. temos

6. têm

7. tem; tem, tem

8. tem

9. tenho, tenho

10. temos

11. tem

12. tem

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Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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