Study Resource: Brazilian Portuguese irregular present subjunctive verbs

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The table below provides the conjugations of several verbs that are irregular in the present subjunctive in Brazilian Portuguese.

*This is a very formal “you” that is rarely used in everyday written or spoken language.

**The verb haver(to be, there is/are) is most often used as an impersonal verb, meaning existir(to exist). We tend to use it in two forms only (singular and plural):
Para que haja mais escolas, precisamos de mais investimentos. (In order to have more schools, we need more investments.)
Subject pronouns	dar (to give)	estar (to have)	haver** (to be, there is/are)	ir (to go)	querer (to want)	saber (to know)	ser(to be)
eu(I)	dê	esteja	haja	vá	queira	saiba	seja
tu(you)	dês	estejas	hajas	vás	queiras	saibas	sejas
você(you, sg.) ele(he, it) ela(she, it)	dê	esteja	haja	vá	queira	saiba	seja
nós(we)	demos	estejamos	hajamos	vamos	queiramos	saibamos	sejamos
vós*(you)	deis	estejais	hajais	vades	queirais	saibais	sejais
vocês(you, pl.) eles, elas(they)	deem	estejam	hajam	vão	queiram	saibam	sejam

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