you know what they are verbal manners?
Verb modes are related to the study of verbs, a variable word class that admits number inflection (singular and plural), person (first, second and third), tense (present, past and future), voice (active, passive and reflective) and mode (indicative, subjunctive and imperative). Verbal modes are related to the attitudes of those who speak or write, expressing the speaker's position in relation to a verbal position. Thanks to the verbal modes the enunciator can make intentions and value judgments explicit.
Note the definitions of the indicative, subjunctive and imperative verb modes, as well as their usage situations:
Indicative mode: It is used when the enunciator's attitude reveals to be that fact about which something real, true is written or said:
Work in the company office.
The mother did beautiful dresses to complement the family income.
The train left from the station at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
The indicative mode has the following tenses:
→ Present;
→ Past perfect;
→ Imperfect past tense;
→ Past tense more-than-perfect;
→ Future of the present;
→ Future of past tense.
Subjunctive mode: It is used when the enunciator's attitude reveals emotional contents that express ideas of doubt or uncertainty:
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
If everything give okay, we'll travel on Friday afternoon.
Maybe I go at the school party.
The subjunctive mode has the following tenses:
→ Present;
→ Imperfect past tense;
→ Future.
Imperative mode: It is used when the enunciator's attitude expresses an idea of order or request:
Knife Please behave at school!
Stay still!
The imperative mood, unlike what happens with other verbal modes, is indeterminate in relation to time. As it is an order or request, it is inferred that the action will take place in the future. It does not have the 1st person singular or the 3rd person, the representation is made by the pronoun you. It has two distinct forms:
→ Affirmative imperative;
Do not say nothing to my parents!
→ Negative imperative.
arrive early at home.
Summarizing:In indicative mode, the definition of the verb tenses can be easily noticed. In the subjunctive mode, there is an intermediate situation, but still with expressed tenses. In the imperative mode, the notion of tense is suppressed, with only affirmative and negative forms. |
By Luana Castro
Graduated in Letters
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
PEREZ, Luana Castro Alves. "What are verbal modes?"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/o-que-e/portugues/o-que-sao-modos-verbais.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
