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What did you do yesterday? O que fizeste ontem?
Contar o que aconteceu: o passado simples. Vocabulário: yesterday, last night, last week, ago, go (went), eat (ate), see (saw), have (had), buy (bought), watch (watched), visit (visited). Gramática-chave: para uma ação terminada, usa o passado simples. Os verbos regulares acrescentam "-ed": watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked. Mas muitos verbos comuns são irregulares e têm de se aprender um a um: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came. Usa-o com yesterday, last week e "ago": "I watched a film last night." O coreano forma o passado com uma mesma terminação regular em todos os verbos, por isso os estudantes coreanos acrescentam "-ed" também aos irregulares: "Yesterday I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "went", "ate" ✓. Canto da pronúncia: os três sons de "-ed" (walked, played, wanted).
Dialogue
goed or went? — goed ou went?
- Emma Minsu, what did you do yesterday? Minsu, o que fizeste ontem?
- Minsu I goed home early and eated dinner with my family. Eu goed para casa cedo e eated o jantar com a minha família. (deslize: go e eat são verbos irregulares — o passado é "went" e "ate", sem "-ed")
- Emma Those verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate. No "-ed". Esses verbos são irregulares: go → went, eat → ate. Sem "-ed".
- Minsu Ah, I went home early and ate dinner with my family. Ah, fui para casa cedo e jantei com a minha família.
- Emma Perfect! Regular verbs are easy — "watched", "visited" — but irregulars need practice. Perfeito! Os verbos regulares são fáceis — "watched", "visited" — mas os irregulares precisam de prática.
- Minsu I'll learn them! Yesterday I saw you, and I had a great day. Vou aprendê-los! Ontem vi-te e tive um ótimo dia.
Dialogue
Emma's weekend — O fim de semana de Emma
- Minsu Emma, what did you do last weekend? Emma, o que fizeste no fim de semana passado?
- Emma On Saturday I visited my sister and we cooked lunch together. No sábado visitei a minha irmã e cozinhámos o almoço juntas.
- Minsu That sounds nice. Did you go out in the evening? Parece bom. Saíste à noite?
- Emma Yes, we saw a film and had dinner in town. I didn't get home until midnight! Sim, vimos um filme e jantámos na cidade. Só cheguei a casa à meia-noite!
- Minsu Wow, a busy weekend! Last week I just studied and slept. Uau, um fim de semana ocupado! A semana passada só estudei e dormi.
- Emma Rest is important too! Next weekend, come with us. Descansar também é importante! No próximo fim de semana vem connosco.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| yesterday | adv. | ontem | |
| last night | phr. | ontem à noite | |
| last week | phr. | a semana passada | |
| ago | adv. | há (tempo) | |
| go (went) | v. | ir (went) | |
| eat (ate) | v. | comer (ate) | |
| see (saw) | v. | ver (saw) | |
| have (had) | v. | ter, tomar (had) | |
| buy (bought) | v. | comprar (bought) | |
| watch (watched) | v. | ver, assistir (watched) | |
| visit (visited) | v. | visitar (visited) |
Grammar
The past simple: -ed and irregular verbs O passado simples: -ed e verbos irregulares
To talk about a finished action in the past, use the past simple. Most verbs are regular: just add "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Spelling: like → liked; study → studied.) But many of the most common verbs are IRREGULAR — each has its own past form you must memorise: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Use the past with time words like yesterday, last night, last week, and "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." To ask or say no, use "did / didn't" with the plain verb: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." Korean makes the past with one regular ending on every verb, so learners add "-ed" to irregular verbs too: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
Para falar de uma ação terminada no passado, usa o passado simples. A maioria dos verbos é regular: basta juntar "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Ortografia: like → liked; study → studied.) Mas muitos dos verbos mais comuns são IRREGULARES — cada um tem a sua forma de passado que tens de memorizar: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Usa o passado com palavras de tempo como yesterday, last night, last week e "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." Para perguntar ou negar, usa "did / didn't" com o verbo simples: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." O coreano forma o passado com uma mesma terminação regular em todos os verbos, por isso os estudantes acrescentam "-ed" também aos irregulares: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
- Yesterday I watched a film and cooked dinner. Ontem vi um filme e cozinhei o jantar.
- Last week we went to London and saw a show. A semana passada fomos a Londres e vimos um espetáculo.
- I bought bread and had a coffee this morning. Esta manhã comprei pão e tomei um café.
- Did you visit your family last weekend? — Yes, I did. Visitaste a tua família no fim de semana passado? — Sim.
pronunciation
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