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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acompanhar

to follow (a conversation), to accompany

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acompanhando
  • Past participle: acompanhado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you follow
  3. nós we follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all follow

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I followed
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you followed
  3. nós we followed
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all followed

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to follow
  3. nós we are going to follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to follow

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to follow
  3. nós we used to follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to follow

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would follow
  3. nós we would follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would follow

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you follow
  3. nós (that) we follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all follow

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I followed
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you followed
  3. nós (if) we followed
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all followed

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I follow
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you follow
  3. nós (when) we follow
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all follow

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você follow!
  2. vocês follow! (all of you)

How to use acompanhar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu acompanho a conversa, mas falo pouco ainda.

    I follow the conversation, but I still speak little.

  2. Past

    Meu pai me acompanhou até a porta do consultório.

    My dad went with me to the doctor's office door.

  3. Future

    Vou acompanhar você até o ponto de ônibus.

    I'll walk with you to the bus stop.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó acompanhava a novela todas as noites.

    My grandmother followed the soap opera every night.

  5. Conditional

    Eu acompanharia o curso se fosse online.

    I'd follow the course if it were online.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero alguém que me acompanhe na corrida de domingo.

    I want someone to go with me to Sunday's race.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você acompanhasse as notícias, saberia disso.

    If you followed the news, you'd know about that.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando acompanhar a aula, anote as dúvidas.

    When you follow the class, write down your questions.

  9. Imperative

    Acompanhe a receita passo a passo.

    Follow the recipe step by step.

Good to know

  • "Acompanhar" is also to keep up with: "não acompanho futebol"; "acompanhamento" is a side dish.

Where you hear acompanhar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

  • Você usa sabe para ver se a pessoa tá acompanhando. You use you know to check that the person is following.
  • Eu acompanhei a conversa até a metade. I followed the conversation up to the middle.
  • Daqui a pouco você vai acompanhar tudo. In a little while you're going to follow everything.
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The Little Words

Fluency Level 1 · E sabe, para ver se a pessoa tá acompanhando.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.