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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

viver

to live

  • #60 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: vivendo
  • Past participle: vivido

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 viver

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

  1. Present

    A gente vive correndo e não aproveita nada.

    We live rushing around and don't enjoy anything.

  2. Past

    Meu bisavô viveu até os noventa e oito anos.

    My great-grandfather lived to ninety-eight.

  3. Future

    Eu vou viver um ano fora do Brasil.

    I'm going to live a year outside Brazil.

  4. Imperfect

    Naquela época, a gente vivia de música.

    Back then, we lived off music.

  5. Conditional

    Eu viveria feliz numa cidade pequena.

    I'd live happily in a small town.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Que vocês vivam muitos anos juntos!

    May you live many years together!

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu vivesse perto do mar, nadaria todo dia.

    If I lived near the sea, I'd swim every day.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Enquanto eu viver, você vai ter um amigo.

    As long as I live, you'll have a friend.

  9. Imperative

    Viva o presente, o amanhã ninguém sabe.

    Live in the present, nobody knows about tomorrow.

Good to know

  • "Morar" is to live somewhere; "viver" is to be alive or to live a life: "viver bem".

Where you hear viver

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu vivo nesta fazenda desde que eu nasci. I've lived on this farm since I was born.
  • Os meus pais viveram aqui a vida inteira. My parents lived here their whole lives.
  • A gente vai viver muito feliz. We're going to live very happily.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A gente vive bem no Rio. We live well in Rio.
  • Eu vivi a vida inteira na fazenda. I've lived my whole life on the farm.
  • A gente vai viver aqui por muitos anos. We're going to live here for many years.
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The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives

Intermediate Level 2 · viveram

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For Sale, Two Bedrooms, a View of Sugarloaf

Intermediate Level 3 · viver

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