-ram and -rão endings

Imagine that you were telling a story suggested by your teacher and, right in the middle of the story, a question arose:
“Have they finished or will they finish”, “have they screamed or will they scream”?
If in fact this has already happened, don't worry, it is part of the many doubts and the many “mistakes” that we sometimes make when we are writing a text. What is not advisable is to let these doubts remain forever, is it not?
Well, one of the aspects we should keep in mind is the fact that we recognize that these endings refer to the several verb forms that we know, and the other aspect is that they look very similar when pronounced. Maybe these are the reasons for so much confusion!!!
Thus, in order to prevent this from happening, we will analyze the two endings in all their aspects, note:
The students have entered now.
Students will enter now.

As you can see, both endings only have similarities as far as the verbal person – representing the 3rd person – although we know that they belong to verbal tenses distinct. However, in other aspects, identified in the table above, they differ. And it is exactly these differences that we must keep in mind when using such constructions, always opting for the correct mode.

By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
Kids School Team