{"id":7419,"date":"2017-02-18T22:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T22:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7419"},"modified":"2017-02-24T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T18:43:11","slug":"examples-to-the-verb-to-be-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/examples-to-the-verb-to-be-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Examples with the verb &#8220;to be&#8221; in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exemplos de situa\u00e7\u00f5es de uso do verbo \u201cser\u201d em portugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ol\u00e1, gente. Hey, everyone.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Ser&#8221; is one of the main Portuguese verbs, used in many contexts due to its versatility. Its meaning is similar to the verb &#8220;to be,&#8221; but in general it is used only for permanent conditions and characteristics of people or things. To express transitional states, we use the verb &#8220;estar&#8221; (the difference between these two verbs can be checked here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/estar-vs-ser\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/estar-vs-ser\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are some uses for the verb:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To express the characteristics or qualities of the subject:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A jabuticaba <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> uma fruta brasileira (The jabuticaba <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a Brazilian fruit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ela <\/span><b>\u00e9 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deliciosa (It <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> delicious)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To correspond to a certain position or function:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nat\u00e1lia <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> jornalista (Nat\u00e1lia<\/span><b> is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a journalist)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carolina <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> redatora de um blog sobre portugu\u00eas (Carolina <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a writer of a blog about Portuguese)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indicate value or cost:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passagens a\u00e9reas para o Brasil n\u00e3o <\/span><b>s\u00e3o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> muito baratas (Plane tickets to Brazil <\/span><b>are<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> not very cheap) *note that this is the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> plural form<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A visita ao Cristo Redentor <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 74 reais em alta temporada (The visit to Cristo Redentor is 74 reais in high season)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To emphasize a statement:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meu marido <\/span><b>\u00e9 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que come\u00e7ou a estudar portugu\u00eas primeiro (My husband <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the one who started studying Portuguese first)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hoje em dia eu <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> que<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">falo melhor a l\u00edngua (Nowadays I <\/span><b>am<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the one who speaks the language better.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To happen because of something:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se n\u00e3o <\/span><b>fosse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pelo incentivo do meu marido, eu n\u00e3o falaria portugu\u00eas (If it <\/span><b>were <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not for the encouragement of my husband, I would not speak Portuguese)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se <\/span><b>fosse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pela vontade dele, n\u00f3s morar\u00edamos no Brasil (If it<\/span><b> were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> his will, we would live in Brazil)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To indicate a moment, day, season, season:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu adoraria estar na praia agora porque <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ver\u00e3o (I&#8217;d love to be at the beach now because it <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> summer)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mas j\u00e1 <\/span><b>s\u00e3o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 18h e eu ainda nem terminei de escrever o texto (But it <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> already 6 p.m. and I still haven\u2019t finished writing the text)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To have as origin:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A l\u00edngua portuguesa \u00e9 falada em muitos pa\u00edses, mas originalmente <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de Portugal (The Portuguese language is spoken in many countries, but it<\/span><b> is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> originally from Portugal.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muitos colonizadores desses pa\u00edses <\/span><b>eram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> de Portugal (Many colonizers of these countries <\/span><b>were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from Portugal)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To have the same meaning or importance:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Viajar <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ampliar horizontes (Traveling <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to broaden horizons)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aprender uma nova l\u00edngua <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> exercitar o c\u00e9rebro (Learning a new language<\/span><b> is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to exercise the brain)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To belong to something or someone:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O carro em que viajamos pelo Brasil <\/span><b>era<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> meu (The car we traveled around Brazil in <\/span><b>was<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mine)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A casa em que ficamos hospedadas em Belo Horizonte <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> da minha tia (The house where we stayed in Belo Horizonte <\/span><b>is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">my aunt\u2019s)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To defend an idea or prefer something:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu <\/span><b>sou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pelo a\u00e7a\u00ed em vez do refrigerante, pois \u00e9 uma bebida regional (I <\/span><b>am<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for a\u00e7a\u00ed instead of soda because it is a regional drink)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eu <\/span><b>sou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> por conhecer o m\u00e1ximo de cidades poss\u00edvel, mas ele <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> por passar v\u00e1rios dias no mesmo lugar (I about knowing as many cities as possible, but he<\/span><b> is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about spending several days in the same place)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To highlight something that has already been said:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O post do m\u00eas passado sobre o uso do \u201cn\u00e9\u201d \u00e9 muito \u00fatil, n\u00e3o <\/span><b>\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? (Last month&#8217;s post about using &#8220;n\u00e9&#8221; <\/span><b>is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> very useful, isn\u2019t ?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sim! Ele foi muito importante para aprender a falar de maneira um pouco mais informal, n\u00e3o <b>foi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? (Yes! It was very important to learn how to speak in a slightly more informal way, <\/span><b>was<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it not?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u00c9\u201d, \u201cfosse\u201d, \u201cs\u00e3o\u201d, \u201ceram\u201d, \u201cera\u201d, \u201csou\u201d, \u201cfoi\u201d (is, was, are, were, am) \u2026.Did you see how there are different ways of conjugating the verb <\/span><b>ser<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (to be)? Learning how to use this verb correctly can be difficult sometimes, \u00a0because besides being irregular, it is an anomalous verb. That is, it presents different radicals in conjugation. To begin with, what about starting to learn the conjugation in the present indicative?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7421\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser.png 386w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser-350x261.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough of grammar for now! How about we let the memes speak for us?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7422\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser4-350x227.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7423\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser3-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7424\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser2-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7425\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/02\/ser1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Exemplos de situa\u00e7\u00f5es de uso do verbo \u201cser\u201d em portugu\u00eas Ol\u00e1, gente. Hey, everyone. &#8220;Ser&#8221; is one of the main Portuguese verbs, used in many contexts due to its versatility. 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