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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

ajudar

to help

  • #64 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: ajudando
  • Past participle: ajudado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use ajudar

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

  1. Present

    Eu ajudo minha mãe na cozinha aos domingos.

    I help my mother in the kitchen on Sundays.

  2. Past

    O vizinho me ajudou a trocar o pneu.

    The neighbor helped me change the tire.

  3. Future

    Eu vou ajudar você com a mudança.

    I'm going to help you with the move.

  4. Imperfect

    Ela sempre ajudava os colegas com as contas.

    She always helped her classmates with math.

  5. Conditional

    Eu ajudaria, mas não entendo nada de computador.

    I'd help, but I don't know anything about computers.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quer que eu ajude a carregar as sacolas?

    Do you want me to help carry the bags?

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se todo mundo ajudasse, terminaria em uma hora.

    If everyone helped, it'd be done in an hour.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você me ajudar hoje, eu te ajudo amanhã.

    If you help me today, I'll help you tomorrow.

  9. Imperative

    Ajude o seu irmão com a lição.

    Help your brother with his homework.

Good to know

  • "Ajudar alguém a fazer" is to help someone do something; "posso ajudar?" is "can I help?".

Where you hear ajudar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu ajudo a minha mãe. I help my mother.
  • Você me ajudou muito. You helped me a lot.
  • Eu vou ajudar você. I'm going to help you.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu sempre ajudo a minha mãe no domingo. I always help my mother on Sunday.
  • A Carla me ajudou no café ontem. Carla helped me at the cafe yesterday.
  • Eu vou ajudar você com a mudança. I'm going to help you with the move.
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I'm Looking for a Present

Beginner Level 1 · ajudar

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Happy Birthday!

Beginner Level 1 · Eu te ajudo.

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Thank You for Everything

Beginner Level 1 · me ajudou muito · Você me ajudou muito.

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I Need You All To

Intermediate Level 1 · ajude

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I Wish She Would Stay

Intermediate Level 1 · ajudaria

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Thank Goodness

Intermediate Level 1 · eu ajudava

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If We Had Known

Intermediate Level 2 · ajudado

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She Asked Us to Take Off Our Shoes

Intermediate Level 3 · ajudasse

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