葡萄牙语过去时态——以英语为基础的用法概述

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

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以下是关于 展示 和 未来 时态：
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葡萄牙语将来时态 – 以英语为基础的用法一览表

我将使用动词 dormir （睡眠）对于以下所有示例：

一般过去时

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

这通常会让母语不具备这种时态细微差别的学习者（包括英语）感到困惑。那么让我们试着理解一下。

* 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: 

正如你在上面看到的，过去时（dormiu) 翻译成过去简单 (slept） 用英语。

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:

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