Foi/Fui/Era - Pretérito Perfeito vs Imperfeito, what is the difference?
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What's the difference between FOI and ERA in Portuguese?
How to use the Pretérito Perfeito and Pretérito Imperfeito in Brazilian Portuguese?
If you have this doubt, watch the video and find out! :)
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Exercises!
Write these sentences in Portuguese:
1) I was an actress for five years, now I'm a singer.
2) I traveled to Europe once when I was an actress.
3) I know how my children feel because I was a child too.
4) I traveled to Europe three times when I was a child.
5) Einstein was a brilliant scientist.
If I can help... when grammar books mention "duration", it means that the beginning and the end of an action are not precise, known or important. "When Frank Sinatra was a baby", we don't really know when he started and ended being a baby. Also, the action of being a baby was still going on. That's usually what we mean by "duration". As for perfect tenses, the beginning and end of actions are either known, precise or important, and the action has been totally completed. In "Frank Sinatra was a singer", the action is totally completed, and also, we know the beginning and the end (birth and dead). Thanks for your video and your energy!
Oi Andressa
Eu gosto de você como professora de primária; recordação de infância! ;-)
Falando a serio:
Fui um ator durante cinco anos, agora sou cantor.
Viajei pela Europa uma vez quando era um ator.
Eu sei o que os meus filhos sentem porque fui eu mesmo uma criança.
Viajei pela Europa três vezes quando era uma criança.
Einstein era um cientista brilhante.
Hahaha Fico feliz por te lembrar os bons tempos de infância! A época de quando você ERA criança... ;-)
E você arrasou nas frases, já pode conferir a correção no vídeo de continuação!
Thank you so much
God bless you and your family
This is brilliant, probably the best video I have seen on youtube regarding this context (and I have searched a bit too)
I really, really appreciate your comment! :))
Gostei dos exemplos!
Ótimo exemplos e explanação
My favorite teacher! Meu professor favorito!
Since I'm a girl, you should say "Minha professora favorita" :D obrigada!!!
You are a really really good teacher, I did not have plan to watch until the end of the video but you are very energetic, cheerful and seem so genuine. Can i really be cheeky? please😍😍. You are a really beautiful girl and with incredibly beautiful smile. Now, let's get back to exercise..lol... Eu era muito feliz quendo eu fui em cidade Maravilhosa. ( I was very happy when i was in Rio) Thank you my new and best teacher... 🙏🙏🙏
para longe este e o melhor video sobre perfeito e imperfeito que assisti! Obrigado!
Obrigada!
I needed you lesson today . Thank you very much
My pleasure! :)
Thank you for this video.
You're welcome! :)
1, Eu era uma atriz por cinco anos, agora eu sou uma cantora
2, eu viajei á europa uma vez quando eu era uma atriz
3, eu sei como meus filhos se sentem porque eu fui uma crianca tambem
4, eu viajei á europa quando eu era uma crianca
5, einstein foi um cientista marvilhoso
And I should have added "Thank you for the awesome video".
Muito obrigada! :)
So, from what you might be saying, for Portuguese, the preterite (simple past) tense refers to what took effect throughout a period of time now in the past; the imperfect tense refers to what happened only during part of a period in the past. Well, in Spanish, preterite refers to whatever “just happened” in the past while imperfect refers to what happened continually or for what was expected to be a lengthy amount of time or when telling time in the past.
In Portuguese both are called Preterite, one is Perfect and the other is Imperfect. But it seems to me that the definition is similar to Spanish.
Andressa, como explicar frases como "Fui feliz toda a minha vida" ou "Até hoje, fui sempre feliz"? A ação não está concluída porque o sujeito ainda está vivo e porque usar "fui" aqui não invalida que a pessoa ainda seja feliz no momento da fala. Obrigada!!
Frank Sinatra was one of the most famous singers in the 20th century
Frank Sinatra foi um dos cantores mais famosos do século XX.
His life ended completely in the 20th century
Frank Sinatra was a 10-month-old baby when WW was elected as President o the United States
Frank S. era um bebê de 10 meses quando os Estados Unidos elegeram o Presidente WW
Because he did not finish being a 10 month old baby when the President was elected
more examples:
minha infancia foi feliz.
My childhood was happy
Use preterite because my childhood is completely finished.
A minha infancia era(imperfect) feliz quando eu morava(imperfect) no Delaware, mas depois nos mudamos (preterite) para Florida.
My childhood was happy when I lived in Delaware, but after that we moved to Florida.
My childhood wasn't complete when I lived in Delaware but when we moved to Florida the action was complete, so we should use the simple past (preterite)
imperfect first then the preterite (simple past )
Example
Quando tinha 19 anos Deus me deu o meu namaorado.
You got it! 😊
Not even here in Brazil we know the diference between these tenses correctly! LOL I chalenge you to include More than perfect Past just to make it funnier 😂😂😂😂😂
You have no idea how much time I've spent researching to find good examples to explain this as clearly as possible! And you want me to include More than perfect! !! I can see you love me a lot! 😂😂😂
"more than perfect past" rsrsrsrs
we call it the pluperfect in english
1) I was an actress for five years, now I'm a singer.
-Eu era uma atriz por 5 anos, agora sou uma cantora.
2) I traveled to Europe once when I was an actress.
-Eu viajei para a Europa uma vez quando era uma atriz.
3) I know how my children feel because I was a child too.
-Eu sei como minhas crianças se sentem porque eu também foi uma.
4) I traveled to Europe three times when I was a child.
-Eu viajei para a Europa 3 vezes quando era uma criança. (I'm not sure about this one)
5) Einstein was a brilliant scientist.
-Einstein foi um brilhante cientista.
Tentei traduzir as frases, mais TH-cam não permite de cortar e colar, então não se dá. :(
Awesome video, imperfect past is always difficult to understand for gringos haha
Even for Brazilians, trust me! LOL
Are you from Rio?
Yes, I am!
Oi, here we go:
eu fui uma actriz por cinco anos, agora eu sou a cantora
eu viajei a Europa uma vez quando eu era uma actriz
eu sei como se sentem meu filhos , porque eu fui um menino também
eu viajei para Europa treis vezes quando eu era un menino
Eistein foi um cientista brilhante
This is actually way different than spanish. I understand a LOT of Portuguese and ive been studying. But I just started past. It seems like there are many times that they would be different in Spanish.
Hey there! So sorry for this late reply! To be honest, I know almost nothing about Spanish grammar! But it is interesting to know that the past tense is different, I think Present Tense is more similar, isn't it?
@@FalandoNissocomAndressa Yes. It seems like in Portuguese that the tenses are the opposite than in Spanish. Preterite v Impefect. But not in spelling. Like in how its used.
@@A-ID-A-M the tenses are the same in Spanish. Pretérito perfecto simple (él fue) vs pretérito imperfecto (él era). The use-cases are also the same.
I’m pretty sure I’m about to screw this up but here goes:
1. Foi uma actriz para cinco anos, agora sou cantora.
2. Eu viajei a Europa uma vez quando era actriz.
3. Eu se como sentam meus filhos porque era uma criança também.
4. Viajei a Europa três vezes quando era criança.
5. Einstein foi uma cientista brilhante.
You can check the answer on the next video about Past tense in Portuguese! ;)
Why do you use FOI and not FUI in MINHA INFANCIA FOI FELIZ. I would have chosen FUI because it is the first person
It is actually not the first person, because I'm talking about "my childhood" = IT (third person)
Do you understand?
Ok.
Thanks
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