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포르투갈어 과거 시제 – 영어에 기반한 사용법 요약

In this article, we will look at the Portuguese equivalents of the English Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect tenses.

Lesson #36 Preterite - Portuguesepedia
Lesson #41 Imperfect - Portuguesepedia
Lesson #65 Past Continuous Equivalent - Portuguesepedia

다음은 에 대한 몇 가지 유사한 읽기입니다. 현재의 그리고 미래 시제:
포르투갈어 현재 시제 – 영어에 기반한 사용법 요약
포르투갈어 미래 시제 – 영어에 기반한 사용법 요약

나는 동사를 사용할 것이다. dormir (수면) 아래의 모든 예에 대해:

Dormir | Preterite
Pretérito Perfeito
Dormir | Imperfect
Pretérito Imperfeito
Eudormidormia
Tudormistedormias
Ele, eladormiudormia
Nósdormimosdormíamos
Vocês
Eles, elas
dormiramdormiam
Present participle
Gerúndio
dormindo
Past participle
Particípio passado
dormido

과거 단순

There are two Past tenses* that often map onto the English Past simple, namely the Preterite (Pretérito Perfeito) 그리고 Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfeito).

이것은 종종 모국어에 이러한 긴장된 뉘앙스(영어 포함)가 없는 학습자를 혼란스럽게 합니다. 그런 다음 머리를 감싸도록 노력해 보겠습니다.

* These are technically called “verb aspects” as there’s only one Past tense.

Preterite – Completed Actions

We use the Preterite to talk about past actions that are completed and well delimited in time: 

A Raquel dormiu até às 10 da manhã.
Raquel slept until 10 in the morning.

위에서 볼 수 있듯이 Preterite(dormiu)는 과거 단순형(slept) 영어로.

Further, we can also use a compound verb structure with the auxiliary verb estar in the Preterite followed by the preposition a and the action verb in the Infinitive without any substantial change in meaning:

A Raquel esteve a dormir até às 10 da manhã.
Raquel was sleeping until 10 in the morning.

Finally, note that we also use the Preterite in situations where, in English, we use the Present Perfect:

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