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Study Resource: Brazilian Portuguese irregular present subjunctive verbs

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

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 meaning to be, there is/are is most often used as an impersonal verb, meaning existir meaning to exist. We tend to use it in two forms only (singular and plural):
Para que haja mais escolas, precisamos de mais investimentos. meaning In order to have more schools, we need more investments.
Subject pronounsdar
meaning to give
estar
meaning to have
haver**
meaning to be, there is/are
ir
meaning to go
querer
meaning to want
saber
meaning to know
ser meaning to be

eu meaning I

esteja

haja

queira

saiba

seja

tu meaning you

dês

estejas

hajas

vás

queiras

saibas

sejas

você meaning you, sg.
ele meaning he, it
ela meaning she, it

esteja

haja

queira

saiba

seja

nós meaning we

demos

estejamos

hajamos

vamos

queiramos

saibamos

sejamos

vós* meaning you

deis

estejais

hajais

vades

queirais

saibais

sejais

vocês meaning you, pl.
eles, elas meaning they

deem

estejam

hajam

vão

queiram

saibam

sejam