Present
Simple present · now, habits and facts
- I eu acendo
- you você acende
- he, she, it ele acende
- we nós acendemos
- they eles acendem
ENGLISH VERB
acender
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Simple present · now, habits and facts
Simple past · finished actions
Future · “will”
Present continuous · happening right now
Present perfect · “have done”
Conditional · “would”
Imperative · requests and orders
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
We light candles at dinner on Fridays.
A gente acende velas no jantar de sexta.
He lit the grill and opened a beer.
Ele acendeu a churrasqueira e abriu uma cerveja.
The city will light the Christmas tree tonight.
A cidade vai acender a árvore de Natal hoje à noite.
Why are you lighting a fire in July?
Por que você está acendendo a lareira em julho?
Someone has lit a cigarette in the bathroom.
Alguém acendeu um cigarro no banheiro.
I would light the fireplace if we had wood.
Eu acenderia a lareira se a gente tivesse lenha.
Light the candles, they are coming up the stairs!
Acende as velas, eles estão subindo a escada!
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.