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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

formar-se

to graduate

  • #332 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: formando-se
  • Past participle: formado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use formar-se

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

  1. Present

    Minha sobrinha se forma em dezembro.

    My niece graduates in December.

  2. Past

    Eu me formei em direito há cinco anos.

    I graduated in law five years ago.

  3. Future

    Ele vai se formar em engenharia no ano que vem.

    He's going to graduate in engineering next year.

  4. Imperfect

    Naquela época, pouca gente se formava na faculdade.

    Back then, few people graduated from college.

  5. Conditional

    Com uma bolsa, eu me formaria mais cedo.

    With a scholarship, I'd graduate sooner.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Meus pais querem que eu me forme logo.

    My parents want me to graduate soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela se formasse este ano, faria a festa.

    If she graduated this year, she'd throw the party.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você se formar, a gente comemora em grande estilo.

    When you graduate, we'll celebrate in style.

  9. Imperative

    Forme-se primeiro, depois pense em viajar.

    Graduate first, then think about traveling.

Good to know

  • "Se formar em" takes "em": "ela se formou em medicina"; "formatura" is the graduation ceremony.

Verbs like this one

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