{"id":43,"date":"2007-08-01T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=43"},"modified":"2007-08-01T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T14:36:09","slug":"avoiding-the-verb-por","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/avoiding-the-verb-por\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding the verb P\u00f4r"},"content":{"rendered":"

The verb p\u00f4r<\/strong> is a common, useful verb in Portuguese, both Brazilian and European. P\u00f4r means ‘to put or place,’ and in it’s reflexive form, p\u00f4r-se<\/strong> means to become.<\/p>\n

Though useful, the verb is highly irregular, and many forms of the verb are on the difficult side for beginner speakers to pronounce, since they involve much nasalization.<\/p>\n

This is the present tense conjugation of the verb:<\/p>\n

Eu ponho, Voc\u00ea p\u00f5e, Nos pomos, Voc\u00eas p\u00f5em<\/strong><\/p>\n

To my mind, this is unnecessarily difficult for the beginner Portuguese learner. The irregular verbs ir, ter, ser<\/strong>, and estar<\/strong> are absolutely necessary, but p\u00f4r<\/strong> is avoidable. It seems as though even Brazilians avoid this verb like the plague, except in the present tense Eu and Voc\u00ea forms.<\/p>\n

Much easier is to use the -ar verb colocar<\/strong>, which means exactly the same thing: ‘to put or place.’ It is just way easier for a beginner to conjugate a simple -ar verb naturally than to wrestle with the myriad irregular forms of p\u00f4r, particularly in the past tenses. Colocar<\/strong> is one of those verbs ending in -car that change in some forms to include a ‘q’ such as eu coloquei<\/strong> i put<\/em>, but this is hardly as complex as eu pus<\/strong> i put<\/em> which follows no pattern whatsoever.<\/p>\n


\nAnother option, this one more colloquial, is botar<\/strong> to put<\/em>. Botar is slightly different and is used for specific purposes in addition to the general idea of placement, including ‘putting on’ clothing or shoes, for example.<\/p>\n

On form of p\u00f4r<\/strong> that is extremely common is posto<\/strong>, the past participled meaning placed<\/em>. This form is even a common noun with many uses; gas station<\/em>, for example, is posto de gasolina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The verb p\u00f4r is a common, useful verb in Portuguese, both Brazilian and European. P\u00f4r means ‘to put or place,’ and in it’s reflexive form, p\u00f4r-se means to become. Though useful, the verb is highly irregular, and many forms of the verb are on the difficult side for beginner speakers to pronounce, since they involve…<\/p>\n

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