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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

vir

to come

  • #25 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: vindo
  • Past participle: vindo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use vir

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

  1. Present

    Meus pais vêm almoçar aqui no domingo.

    My parents are coming here for lunch on Sunday.

  2. Past

    Eu vim de ônibus, o carro está na oficina.

    I came by bus, the car is at the garage.

  3. Future

    Ela vai vir com a gente para a praia?

    Is she going to come with us to the beach?

  4. Imperfect

    Antes ele vinha me visitar toda semana.

    He used to come visit me every week.

  5. Conditional

    Eu viria mais cedo, mas o trânsito estava horrível.

    I'd have come earlier, but the traffic was awful.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você venha jantar aqui em casa.

    I want you to come have dinner at my place.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você viesse amanhã, a gente iria ao museu.

    If you came tomorrow, we'd go to the museum.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando vier a São Paulo, me liga.

    When you come to São Paulo, call me.

  9. Imperative

    Venha cá, quero te mostrar uma coisa.

    Come here, I want to show you something.

Good to know

  • Vir is to come to where the speaker is; ir is to go somewhere else.
  • "Vem cá" is "come here"; "a semana que vem" is next week.

Where you hear vir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu venho de ônibus. I come by bus.
  • Ela veio ontem. She came yesterday.
  • Você vai vir para a festa? Are you going to come to the party?

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu venho para o trabalho de metrô. I come to work by metro.
  • Eu vim para ficar. I came to stay.
  • A minha irmã vai vir em maio. My sister is going to come in May.
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Can You Hear Me?

Beginner Level 1 · Você vem?

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Happy Birthday!

Beginner Level 1 · você veio · que você veio · Vem!

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Back to Stay

Beginner Level 2 · eu vim

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There's No Hot Water

Beginner Level 2 · vir

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The Morning After

Beginner Level 3 · eles vêm

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Merry Christmas

Beginner Level 3 · Venham!

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I Want You to Apply

Intermediate Level 1 · que você venha

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When We Get There

Intermediate Level 1 · vier

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For You to Arrive Early

Intermediate Level 1 · virem

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Not as Bad as I Thought

Intermediate Level 1 · se vocês vierem

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Thank Goodness

Intermediate Level 1 · ele não vinha

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We'd Like You to Take Care of Everything

Intermediate Level 2 · viesse

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.