Use

In Portuguese there are several ways to refer to something that happened in the past, each with varying shades of meaning.  The preterite is the simplest of these. It’s like saying ‘i watched a movie’ not, ‘i was watching a movie’ not, ‘i have been watching a movie’ nor is it ‘i had watched a movie’. You get the idea.

Forming

-ar regular verbs

I worked	eu trabalhl	ei
he worked	ele trabalhl	ou
we worked	nós trabalh	ámos
they worked	eles trabalh	aram

-er and -ir regular verbs

I ate	eu com	i
he ate	ele com	eu
we ate	nós com	emos
they ate	eles com	eram

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