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Habits & Plans (B1) | Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Guide | Falando | Falando

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B1Lesson 1: Past Habits & Future Plans

Communicative function: describing past habits, making plans

Using past and future tenses to describe habitual actions and express future intentions.

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Related topics

Pretérito Imperfeito (falava, comia, abria)(B1)
Past continuous: estava + gerund(B1)
Future with "ir + infinitive" vs. simple future (falarei)(B1)
Regular –AR (falei), –ER (comi), –IR (abri)(A2)
High-frequency irregulars: fui, tive, fiz, vi, disse(A2)
Communicative function: narrating past experiences(A2)

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Describing Past Habits - Structures and Patterns

Core grammatical tools:

Pretérito Imperfeito
- Eu sempre acordava cedo
- Morávamos no interior
- Ela trabalhava aos sábados
Costumar + Infinitive (used to)
- Costumava viajar todo ano
- Costumávamos jantar juntos
- More emphatic than simple imperfeito
Frequency markers
- sempre (always)
- nunca (never)
- todo dia/mês/ano (every day/month/year)
- às vezes (sometimes)
- geralmente (usually)