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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

jantar

to have dinner

  • #154 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: jantando
  • Past participle: jantado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você have dinner!
  2. vocês have dinner! (all of you)

How to use jantar

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

  1. Present

    A gente janta cedo durante a semana.

    We have dinner early during the week.

  2. Past

    Ontem eu jantei na casa de uma amiga.

    Yesterday I had dinner at a friend's house.

  3. Future

    Vamos jantar fora hoje para comemorar?

    Shall we eat out tonight to celebrate?

  4. Imperfect

    Minha família jantava sempre junta.

    My family always had dinner together.

  5. Conditional

    Eu jantaria com vocês, mas já comi.

    I'd have dinner with you, but I've already eaten.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Minha sogra quer que a gente jante lá no sábado.

    My mother-in-law wants us to have dinner there on Saturday.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se jantasse mais cedo, você dormiria melhor.

    If you had dinner earlier, you'd sleep better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando jantarem, deixem um prato para mim.

    When you have dinner, leave a plate for me.

  9. Imperative

    Jante com a gente, tem comida de sobra.

    Have dinner with us, there's plenty of food.

Good to know

  • "Jantar" is also the noun: o jantar está pronto.

Where you hear jantar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu janto às oito. I have dinner at eight.
  • Nós jantamos na casa da Carla. We had dinner at Carla's house.
  • Eu vou jantar com a minha família. I'm going to have dinner with my family.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu janto às oito. I have dinner at eight.
  • Nós jantamos na casa do Daniel. We had dinner at Daniel's house.
  • Você vai jantar comigo? Are you going to have dinner with me?
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A Table for Two

Beginner Level 1 · jantar

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A Normal Day

Beginner Level 2 · eu janto

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She Asked Us to Take Off Our Shoes

Intermediate Level 3 · janta

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