Knowing how to conjugate a particular verb, taking into account the peculiarities that are attributed to it, means, above all, that we make good use of the language we speak. In doing so, make sure that the speeches we make will become adequate to the formal standard of language, as well as if will present it in a clear, precise and objective way, thus facilitating the understanding of the interlocutors with whom we establish contact.
Such conjugation concerns the fact that we have the ability to assign the grammatical person the verbal form that best suits him. In this sense, some of these forms, depending on the linguistic circumstance, originate, derive from others, such as the present of the subjunctive and of the forms related to the affirmative and negative imperative, which derive from present tense.
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In this way, let us use the example of the verb to sing, which, once conjugated, makes such derivations noticeable. This is what we will see below:
Present indicatively
I sing
you sing
He sings
We sing
you sing
They sing
present in the subjunctive mode
that I sing
that you sing
let him sing
that we sing
that you sing
let them sing
affirmative imperative
-
sing you
sing you
let us sing
sing ye
sing you
negative imperative
-
don't you sing
don't sing you
let us not sing
do not sing ye
don't sing you
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
DUARTE, Vânia Maria do Nascimento. "Present of the indicative: what are the tenses from which it is derived?"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/gramatica/presente-indicativo-quais-os-tempos-que-dele-derivam.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
