Macanese

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

A small number of elderly women in Macau speak it as mother tongue.

The Verb

Macanese does not inflect verbs: for example, io sam means "I am," and ele sam means "he/she is."

Progressive action (denoted in English by the "-ing" verbal forms) is denoted by a separate particle ta, presumably derived from Portuguese está ("it is"). Completed actions are likewise indicated by the particle ja, presumably from Portuguese já ("right now" or "already").

Verblist

abrí, achâ, afordâ, aguâ, ambâ, ambâc, andâ, andâ a nóvi, bassâ, batê, botâ, buli, buscâ, buscâ sarna pa cuçâ, cafelâ, cai, cai chuva, cai sol, calâ-bóca, cavâ, chegâ, chiripâ, cholê, chomâ, choncâ, chubí, chuchú, chuchumecâ, comê, comprâ, consumí, crê, cuçâ, cudí, cunfissâ, custâ, dâ, dále, dále dôs mám, damostrâ, dançâ, divinhâ, durmí, empê, estoporâ, estricâ, falâ, fazê, ficâ, fichâ, floristiâ, gafinhâ, goelâ, gossô, gostâ, guní, iam-chá, inchí, insaguâ, intrâ, intrâ idade, inventâ, isquevê, izizí, janotâ, jêto, judâ, jugâ, juntâ, labitâ, lê, lembrâ, lugâ, malinguâ, maquiâ, morê, mulâ, nacê, nê-bôm, olâ, panhâ, papiâ, parcâ, pegâ, perdê, perdê chávi, pidí, pilizâ, pôde, pódi, póng-chán, prendê, querê, quêro, rabiscâ, ramatâ, ravirâ, reportâ, rí, sã, sabe, sábi, sai, sai bafo, sam, sâm, seguí, sentâ, sentí, seza, sintí, suâ, subí, sunhâ, tambâ, tambâ tacho, têm, tifinâ, tipâ, tirâ, usâ, uví, vai, vangueâ, vê, vegónha, vêm, virâ, virâ ficâ, vivo.