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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

caminhar

to walk

  • #216 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: caminhando
  • Past participle: caminhado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use caminhar

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

  1. Present

    Eu caminho na orla todo dia de manhã.

    I walk along the seafront every morning.

  2. Past

    Ontem a gente caminhou dez quilômetros sem perceber.

    Yesterday we walked ten kilometers without noticing.

  3. Future

    Vamos caminhar até o farol?

    Shall we walk to the lighthouse?

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai caminhava até o trabalho todo dia.

    My father used to walk to work every day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu caminharia mais se o bairro fosse mais seguro.

    I'd walk more if the neighborhood were safer.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico recomenda que a senhora caminhe meia hora por dia.

    The doctor recommends that you walk half an hour a day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente caminhasse em vez de dirigir, economizaria.

    If we walked instead of driving, we'd save money.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando caminhar pela trilha, leve água.

    When you walk the trail, take water.

  9. Imperative

    Caminhe devagar, o chão está cheio de pedra.

    Walk slowly, the ground is full of rocks.

Good to know

  • "Caminhar" is to walk for exercise or distance; "andar" is the everyday word.

Where you hear caminhar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu caminho na praia toda manhã. I walk on the beach every morning.
  • Ontem a gente caminhou até a Urca. Yesterday we walked to Urca.
  • Amanhã eu vou caminhar com o Pipoca. Tomorrow I'm going to walk with Pipoca.
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Intermediate Level 3 · caminhar

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