Many Portuguese learners get tripped-up with the past tense. But there are some hacks that can get you speaking quickly. One of them is learning to use Portuguese participles. The past participle is just a verb conjugation that describes something that is over and done: written, said, cooked, closed etc.
Learning the Portuguese participles is easy.
Once you already know the basic form of a past participle, you can put together sentences like this:
The bill is paid. > A conta está paga.
PAGAR > pago/a
The store is open. > A loja está aberta.
ABRIR > aberto/a
The work is done. > O trabalho está feito.
FAZER > feito/a
Your shirt is messed-up. > Sua camisa está bagunçada.
BAGUNÇAR > bangunçado/a
It's reserved. > Está reservada.
RESERVAR > reservado/a
She's married. > Ela está casada.
CASAR > casado/a
We're lost. > Estamos perdidos.
PERDER > perdido/a
It's locked. > Está trancada.
TRANCAR > trancado/a
I'm broke. > Estou falido.
FALIR > falido/a
He's unemployed. > Ele está desempregado.
DESEMPREGAR > desempregado/a
» From our online Portuguese course.
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