{"id":5881,"date":"2014-09-30T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=5881"},"modified":"2014-10-01T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T18:12:18","slug":"how-to-say-i-had-done-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/how-to-say-i-had-done-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Say “I Had Done” in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ol\u00e1, pessoal!<\/p>\n

In today’s post we are going to learn how to say “I had done”, “I had gone”, “I had worked” etc. It’s simple: use the verb “ter” in the imperfect form (tinha, tinha, tinha, t\u00ednhamos, tinham, tinham)<\/em> + the past participle of the main verb.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example with regular verb trabalhar (to work)<\/p>\n

Afirmative<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eu tinha trabalhado = I had worked
\nVoc\u00ea tinha trabalhado = You had worked
\nEle tinha trabalhado = He had worked
\nEla tinha trabalhado = She had worked
\nA gente tinha trabalhado = We had worked (familiar)
\nN\u00f3s t\u00ednhamos trabalhado = We had worked
\nVoc\u00eas tinham trabalhado = You had worked (plural)
\nEles tinham trabalhado = They had worked (masculine plural)
\nElas tinham trabalhado = They had worked (feminine plural)<\/p>\n

Negative<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eu n\u00e3o tinha trabalhado = I hadn’t worked
\nVoc\u00ea n\u00e3o tinha trabalhado = You hadn’t worked
\nEle n\u00e3o tinha trabalhado = He hadn’t worked
\nEla n\u00e3o tinha trabalhado = She hadn’t worked
\nA gente n\u00e3o tinha trabalhado = We hadn’t worked (familiar)
\nN\u00f3s n\u00e3o t\u00ednhamos trabalhado = We hadn’t worked
\nVoc\u00eas n\u00e3o tinham trabalhado = You hadn’t worked (plural)
\nEles n\u00e3o tinham trabalhado = They hadn’t worked (masculine plural)
\nElas n\u00e3o tinham trabalhado = They hadn’t worked (feminine plural)<\/p>\n

Interrogative<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eu tinha trabalhado? = Had I worked?
\nVoc\u00ea tinha trabalhado? = Had you worked?
\nEle tinha trabalhado? = Had he worked?
\nEla tinha trabalhado? = Had she worked?
\nA gente tinha trabalhado? = Had we worked? (familiar)
\nN\u00f3s t\u00ednhamos trabalhado? = Had we worked?
\nVoc\u00eas tinham trabalhado? = Had you worked? (plural)
\nEles tinham trabalhado? = Had they worked? (masculine plural)
\nElas tinham trabalhado? = Had they worked? (feminine plural)<\/p>\n

Some examples:<\/p>\n

Quando eu cheguei em casa, ele tinha ido embora. – When I arrived home, he had left.
\nN\u00e3o fui ao cinema porque j\u00e1 tinha visto o filme. – I didn’t go to the movies because I had already seen the movie.
\nEle nunca tinha visto uma mulher t\u00e3o bonita. – He had never seen such a beautiful woman.
\nN\u00f3s viajamos de \u00f4nibus porque t\u00ednhamos vendido nosso carro. – We traveled by bus because we had sold our car.
\nEu j\u00e1 tinha resolvido que ia sair quando ele ligou. – I had already decided I was going to go out when he called.
\nO avi\u00e3o j\u00e1 tinha decolado quando chegamos ao aeroporto. – The plane had already taken off when we arrived at the airport.<\/p>\n

The Participles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some participles are regular:<\/p>\n

andar [walk]<\/em> – andado
\nfalar [speak]<\/em> – falado
\nbeber [drink]<\/em> – bebido
\ncomer [eat]<\/em> – comido
\ndecidir [decide]<\/em> – decidido
\ninsistir [insist]<\/em> – insistido<\/p>\n

And some are irregular:<\/p>\n

ver [see]<\/em> – visto
\nvir [come]<\/em> – vindo
\np\u00f4r [put]<\/em> – posto
\nfazer [do\/make]<\/em> – feito
\ncobrir [cover]<\/em> – coberto
\nabrir [open]<\/em> – aberto
\ndescobrir [discover]<\/em> – descoberto
\nescrever [write]<\/em> – escrito
\ndizer [say]<\/em> – dito<\/p>\n

We use this verb tense the same way we use the Past Perfect in English, so it’s no big deal – you only need to get the verb ter + the past participle right. Yes, you need to study hard – there’s not a magic way to learn them.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n

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Ol\u00e1, pessoal! In today’s post we are going to learn how to say “I had done”, “I had gone”, “I had worked” etc. It’s simple: use the verb “ter” in the imperfect form (tinha, tinha, tinha, t\u00ednhamos, tinham, tinham) + the past participle of the main verb. Here’s an example with regular verb trabalhar (to…<\/p>\n

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