Futuro do pretérito: eu faria
Futuro do pretérito: eu faria means “The “would” form: polite requests, hypotheses and future-in-the-past”. The endings attach to the whole infinitive, which makes this one of the tidiest tenses: falar → falaria, comer → comeria, partir → partiria, and for nós falaríamos, comeríamos. Formation: infinitivo + -ia/-ias/-ia/-íamos/-íeis/-iam · irregulares: faria, diria, traria
The “would” form: polite requests, hypotheses and future-in-the-past
B1Formation
infinitivo + -ia/-ias/-ia/-íamos/-íeis/-iam · irregulares: faria, diria, traria
Explanation
The endings attach to the whole infinitive, which makes this one of the tidiest tenses: falar → falaria, comer → comeria, partir → partiria, and for nós falaríamos, comeríamos. Only three verbs are irregular, and they are the same three that shorten in the simple future: fazer → faria, dizer → diria, trazer → traria. Three main uses. Politeness, which is where you will meet it first: Eu queria um café, Você poderia me ajudar? Hypothesis, normally paired with the imperfect subjunctive: Se eu tivesse tempo, eu viajaria mais. And future-in-the-past, reporting what someone said would happen: Ele disse que chegaria às oito. In casual speech Brazilians often replace it with the imperfect indicative — Se eu tivesse tempo, eu viajava mais — which is worth recognising even if you produce the standard form.
Examples
Note
Eu queria… is the standard polite way to order or ask for something — softer than Eu quero.
FAQ
Futuro do pretérito: eu faria — what does it mean and how is it used?
The “would” form: polite requests, hypotheses and future-in-the-past. The endings attach to the whole infinitive, which makes this one of the tidiest tenses: falar → falaria, comer → comeria, partir → partiria, and for nós falaríamos, comeríamos. Only three verbs are irregular, and they are the same three that shorten in the simple future: fazer → faria, dizer → diria, trazer → traria. Three main uses. Politeness, which is where you will meet it first: Eu queria um café, Você poderia me ajudar? Hypothesis, normally paired with the imperfect subjunctive: Se eu tivesse tempo, eu viajaria mais. And future-in-the-past, reporting what someone said would happen: Ele disse que chegaria às oito. In casual speech Brazilians often replace it with the imperfect indicative — Se eu tivesse tempo, eu viajava mais — which is worth recognising even if you produce the standard form.
Futuro do pretérito: eu faria — how do you form it?
infinitivo + -ia/-ias/-ia/-íamos/-íeis/-iam · irregulares: faria, diria, traria
Futuro do pretérito: eu faria — any usage notes?
Eu queria… is the standard polite way to order or ask for something — softer than Eu quero.