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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

querer saber

to want to know

  • #427 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: querendo saber
  • Past participle: querido saber

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você want to know!
  2. vocês want to know! (all of you)

How to use querer saber

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

  1. Present

    Eu quero saber quanto custa o aluguel.

    I want to know how much the rent is.

  2. Past

    Ela quis saber onde você comprou essa bolsa.

    She wanted to know where you bought that bag.

  3. Future

    Meu pai vai querer saber a que horas você volta.

    My dad is going to want to know what time you'll be back.

  4. Imperfect

    Todo mundo queria saber quem era o namorado novo.

    Everyone wanted to know who the new boyfriend was.

  5. Conditional

    Quem quereria saber de tanta fofoca?

    Who would want to know so much gossip?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que ela não queira saber do preço.

    I hope she doesn't want to know the price.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você quisesse saber, era só perguntar.

    If you wanted to know, you only had to ask.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se alguém quiser saber, eu estou na praia.

    If anyone wants to know, I'm at the beach.

  9. Imperative

    Queira saber a opinião dela antes de decidir.

    Please find out her opinion before deciding.

Good to know

  • "Quer saber?" opens a sentence like "you know what?"; "não quero nem saber" is "I don't even want to know".
  • In speech, "eu queria saber" does the job of the conditional: Brazilians say "queria", not "quereria".

Where you hear querer saber

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A Emily quer saber se vai chover. Emily wants to know if it's going to rain.
  • O Tom quis saber o preço de tudo. Tom wanted to know the price of everything.
  • A minha mãe vai querer saber tudo. My mother is going to want to know everything.
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If I Knew How to Speak Portuguese

Intermediate Level 2 · quer saber se

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