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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

morar

to live

  • #47 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: morando
  • Past participle: morado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use morar

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

  1. Present

    Eu moro em Belo Horizonte com a minha família.

    I live in Belo Horizonte with my family.

  2. Past

    Nós moramos três anos em Lisboa.

    We lived in Lisbon for three years.

  3. Future

    Eles vão morar perto da praia.

    They're going to live near the beach.

  4. Imperfect

    Eu morava num apartamento pequeno no centro.

    I used to live in a small apartment downtown.

  5. Conditional

    Eu moraria no interior sem problema nenhum.

    I'd live in the countryside with no problem at all.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Meus pais querem que eu more mais perto deles.

    My parents want me to live closer to them.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente morasse aqui, iria à praia sempre.

    If we lived here, we'd go to the beach all the time.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você morar sozinho, vai entender.

    When you live alone, you'll understand.

  9. Imperative

    More onde você for feliz.

    Live where you're happy.

Good to know

  • "Morar em" is to live in a place; "viver" is to live, to be alive.

Where you hear morar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu moro no Rio. I live in Rio.
  • Eu morei em Chicago. I lived in Chicago.
  • Eu vou morar no Brasil. I'm going to live in Brazil.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu moro no terceiro andar. I live on the third floor.
  • Eu morava em uma cidade pequena. I used to live in a small town.
  • Eu vou morar no Rio. I'm going to live in Rio.
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Where Do You Live?

Beginner Level 1 · você mora · eu moro

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Do You Have Brothers and Sisters?

Beginner Level 1 · ela mora · eles moram

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When I Was a Child

Beginner Level 2 · eu morava

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Have You Ever?

Beginner Level 2 · eu morei

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A Flat for Two

Beginner Level 3 · morar junto

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If You Were Me

Intermediate Level 1 · morasse

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Not as Bad as I Thought

Intermediate Level 1 · more

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It Must Have Stayed in Sao Paulo

Intermediate Level 3 · moram

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