Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

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Mensagempor VitorPascoate » 07 Jan 2008, 03:09

Hello guys,

I've been trying to understand when i should use "were" and "was", but i can't figure it out.... Anyone knows how to explicate ?

Thank you.
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor adirfer » 09 Jan 2008, 10:44

Vitor, WAS e WERE são as formas do passado do verbo TO BE.

I / he / she / it --> WAS
you / we / they --> WERE
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor VitorPascoate » 09 Jan 2008, 18:06

thank you !!!!!
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor vini14hms » 25 Dez 2011, 23:33

No caso então ''I'' seria usado om ''was''... E por exemplo, a música "If I were a boy''? Fiquei em dúVida.
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor donay mendonça » 26 Dez 2011, 13:09

Vini,

Trata-se de uma expressão do condicional "If I were" - está é a forma graticalmente falando mais empregada.


Bons estudos!
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor Celso Pelegrini » 26 Abr 2012, 10:44

olá pessoal, aproveitando o tópico sobre o ''was'' eu queria saber.. em substantivos eu uso o was ou were?

Ex: John was here yesterday / John were here yesterday.
The city was in chaos / The city were in chaos
Lucy was in park sooner / Lucy were in park sooner
Julio was sad, because she was angry with him / Julio were sad, because she was angry with him.

enfim.. para substantivos concretos eu uso qual? were ou was? e para os abstratos?

Ex: the love was coming at the end / the love were coming at the end.

Em ambos substantivos o ''was'' me soa melhor.. mas tenho essa dúvida cruel.

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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor donay mendonça » 26 Abr 2012, 10:53

Was: singular
Were: plural

Love was
The pizza was
The places were
Her hair was
My city was
The countries were
Our friendship was
The friends were
The dog was
The dogs were
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor Celso Pelegrini » 26 Abr 2012, 12:25

valeu donay!
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor Mr. Jolimar » 27 Abr 2012, 13:17

Celso

John was here yesterday = He was here yesterday

The city was in chaos = It was in chaos

Lucy was in park sooner = She was in park sooner.

Julio was sad, because she was angry with him = He was sad, because she was angry with him.


só complementando o que Donay disse

Was: Singular
Were: Plural (só que nesse caso tem uma excessão para o pronome "YOU")

no caso "YOU WERE" pode ser usado tanto no singular quanto no plural.
If all time that i thought of you, in the sky one star stopped to shine, maybe there would be no shining star in this huge.
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Re: Were x Was: Qual a diferença?

Mensagempor Celso Pelegrini » 27 Abr 2012, 22:51

thanks man!
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