Futuro do subjuntivo: quando eu chegar, se você quiser
Futuro do subjuntivo: quando eu chegar, se você quiser means “After quando, se, enquanto and assim que referring to the future, Portuguese uses a special tense”. This tense is one of the things that makes Portuguese unique among the major Romance languages: Spanish had it too but retired it centuries ago, and French never developed it. Formation: 3ª pessoa do plural do pretérito − -ram + -r/-res/-r/-rmos/-rdes/-rem — fizeram → fizer
After quando, se, enquanto and assim que referring to the future, Portuguese uses a special tense
B1Formation
3ª pessoa do plural do pretérito − -ram + -r/-res/-r/-rmos/-rdes/-rem — fizeram → fizer
Explanation
This tense is one of the things that makes Portuguese unique among the major Romance languages: Spanish had it too but retired it centuries ago, and French never developed it. In Portuguese it is alive and used constantly in ordinary conversation. Build it from the third person plural of the simple past: take fizeram, drop -ram, add the endings -r, -res, -r, -rmos, -rdes, -rem. That gives fizer, fizeres, fizer, fizermos, fizerdes, fizerem. The same recipe produces the whole irregular set you need most: tiveram → tiver, puderam → puder, quiseram → quiser, foram → for, vieram → vier, souberam → souber, disseram → disser, trouxeram → trouxer, estiveram → estiver.
Examples
Note
Spanish speakers' most productive error: Spanish says si quieres (indicative) and cuando llegue (present subjunctive), so the instinct "no subjunctive after si" is right for Spanish and wrong for Portuguese.
FAQ
Futuro do subjuntivo: quando eu chegar, se você quiser — what does it mean and how is it used?
After quando, se, enquanto and assim que referring to the future, Portuguese uses a special tense. This tense is one of the things that makes Portuguese unique among the major Romance languages: Spanish had it too but retired it centuries ago, and French never developed it. In Portuguese it is alive and used constantly in ordinary conversation. Build it from the third person plural of the simple past: take fizeram, drop -ram, add the endings -r, -res, -r, -rmos, -rdes, -rem. That gives fizer, fizeres, fizer, fizermos, fizerdes, fizerem. The same recipe produces the whole irregular set you need most: tiveram → tiver, puderam → puder, quiseram → quiser, foram → for, vieram → vier, souberam → souber, disseram → disser, trouxeram → trouxer, estiveram → estiver.
Futuro do subjuntivo: quando eu chegar, se você quiser — how do you form it?
3ª pessoa do plural do pretérito − -ram + -r/-res/-r/-rmos/-rdes/-rem — fizeram → fizer
Futuro do subjuntivo: quando eu chegar, se você quiser — any usage notes?
Spanish speakers' most productive error: Spanish says si quieres (indicative) and cuando llegue (present subjunctive), so the instinct "no subjunctive after si" is right for Spanish and wrong for Portuguese.