The 20 cards in this deck

The past for habits, descriptions, and how things were.

• eu falava / ele falavaI / he/she (falar) — eu and ele share one formI / he / she used to speak / was speaking
• tu falavasyou (falar)you used to speak / were speaking
• nós falávamoswe (falar) — note the acute áwe used to speak / were speaking
• eles falavamthey (falar)they used to speak / were speaking
• eu comia / ele comiaI / he/she (comer) — -er/-ir take -ia; eu and ele share one formI / he / she used to eat / was eating
• tu comiasyou (comer)you used to eat / were eating
• nós comíamoswe (comer) — note the íwe used to eat / were eating
• eles comiamthey (comer)they used to eat / were eating
• eu dormia / nós dormíamosI / we (dormir) — same -ia endings as -erI used to sleep / we used to sleep
• eu era / tu eras / ele eraI/you/he-she (ser) — irregularI was / you were / he-she was
• nós éramos / eles eramwe/they (ser) — irregular, note éwe were / they were
• eu tinha / tu tinhas / ele tinhaI/you/he-she (ter) — irregularI had / you had / he-she had
• nós tínhamos / eles tinhamwe/they (ter) — irregular, note íwe had / they had
• eu ia / tu ias / ele iaI/you/he-she (ir) — irregularI used to go / was going
• nós íamos / eles iamwe/they (ir) — irregular, note íwe used to go / they used to go
• eu vinha / tu vinhas / ele vinhaI/you/he-she (vir) — irregularI used to come / was coming
• nós vínhamos / eles vinhamwe/they (vir) — irregular, note íwe used to come / they used to come
• Ontem comprei pão. (perfeito)perfeito = one completed actionYesterday I bought bread — a single, finished event
• Quando era criança, comia muito pão. (imperfeito)imperfeito = habit / description / ongoing backgroundWhen I was a child, I used to eat a lot of bread — a repeated/habitual past
• Eu dormia quando ela chegou.imperfeito (background) + perfeito (interrupting event)I was sleeping when she arrived — ongoing scene cut by a completed action