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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

assistir

to watch

  • #94 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: assistindo
  • Past participle: assistido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use assistir

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

  1. Present

    Eu assisto ao jornal todo dia às oito.

    I watch the news every day at eight.

  2. Past

    A gente assistiu um filme ótimo ontem.

    We watched a great film yesterday.

  3. Future

    Vocês vão assistir ao jogo onde?

    Where are you going to watch the game?

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era pequena, eu assistia desenho de manhã.

    When I was little, I watched cartoons in the morning.

  5. Conditional

    Eu assistiria essa série de novo.

    I would watch this series again.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que as crianças assistam isso.

    I don't want the kids to watch that.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você assistisse o filme, entenderia a piada.

    If you watched the film, you'd get the joke.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando assistir ao vídeo, me diz o que achou.

    When you watch the video, tell me what you think.

  9. Imperative

    Assista esse documentário, é muito bom.

    Watch this documentary, it's really good.

Good to know

  • "Assistir" takes "a" in writing, "assistir ao jogo", but in speech people say "assistir o jogo".

Where you hear assistir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu assisto o jogo todo domingo. I watch the game every Sunday.
  • Eu assisti um filme ontem. I watched a film yesterday.
  • Nós vamos assistir o jogo juntos. We're going to watch the game together.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu assisto novela toda noite. I watch a soap opera every night.
  • Ontem a gente assistiu um filme. Yesterday we watched a film.
  • Hoje à noite, a gente vai assistir o jogo. Tonight we're going to watch the game.
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What Did You Do at the Weekend?

Beginner Level 2 · assistir · eu assisti · você assistiu

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I've Been Studying in Secret

Intermediate Level 3 · assistindo

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