Learn how to use the verb "to come"
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| Oi, meu nome é Paloma. Hi everybody! I’m Paloma. |
| Welcome to PortuguesePod101.com’s “Português em Três Minutos”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Portuguese. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to use the verb amar. |
| In this lesson, we will learn how to use vir, the fourth verb in our series dedicated to the most common Portuguese verbs. |
| Vir means "to come" in Portuguese, and we use it a lot! So let’s go! Vamos lá!! |
| Imagine a friend of yours is organizing a road trip and he asks you Você vem com a gente? That means "Are you coming with us?" |
| So supposing you want to go too, you will say, Sim, eu vou com vocês! That means "Yes I’m coming with you!" |
| So let’s break down this answer. |
| First we had- |
| Sim which is simply "Yes." |
| Then Eu, which is "I" in Portuguese |
| After that we had vou, which is the 1st person of the verb vir in present tense. |
| Finally we had com vocês which is "with you" as vocês is the plural pronoun for "you." |
| [slowly] Sim, eu vou com vocês. |
| In Portuguese, vir is exactly the same as "to come." |
| The basic meaning is "to go somewhere with someone", or to join other people. |
| It is a very common verb that you should be careful not to mix up with ir, which only means "to go", as we’ve seen before. |
| Vir is often used to suggest an invitation to someone. If you are organizing a party, for example, you can invite your guests by asking them Você vai na minha festa? That is "are you coming to my party?" |
| To answer this question, you can add something after this verb, as in Sim, eu vou com alguns amigos. Here you said "Yes, I am coming with some friends." If you want to say you are coming with your boyfriend it is Sim, eu vou com o meu namorado which literally means "Yes I’m coming with my boyfriend." |
| The verb vir is also often used as an order or as motivational advice, as in Vamos lá! "C’mon!" Or Vem, vamos fazer caminhada! That is, "Come, let’s go jogging!" |
| Now, if you want to say "to come back" or "to come again", we have another very useful verb that can be used. This verb is voltar. |
| For example, if you want to say "I'll come back tomorrow", it is just Eu volto amanhã! |
| [slow] Eu volto amanhã! |
| Now it’s time for Paloma’s Points. |
| When using the verb Vir be careful, since we can not use it like in English to say "Come in!" when inviting someone to enter a room, for example. |
| In Portuguese we don’t use vir but the verb entrar instead. In this case it will be Entra! That means "Come in!" |
| In this lesson, we learned how to use the verb vir to ask people to join others! |
| So now, our lessons series about common Portuguese verbs is over, and from the next lesson, we will jump into some very important interrogative Portuguese words! |
| Do you know how to ask questions starting with "What" in Portuguese? I’ll be waiting for you in the next Português em Três Minutos lesson. |
| Tchau tchau! |
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