Auxiliary Verbs: Being, Being, Having, Having

The auxiliary verbs are those that help in the conjugation of other verbs and that's why they get that name.

They join the main verb in the formation of compound tenses and verbal locutions.

The main auxiliary verbs in Portuguese are to be, to be, to have and to have.

Classification

Alongside the main auxiliary verbs (to be, to be, to have, to have), the verbs "to go" and "to walk" are also classified as tense auxiliary verbs.

In this case, the verb inflection only occurs with the auxiliary verb, while the main verb appears in the participle (-ado, -edo, -ido), infinity (-ar, -er, ir) or gerund (-ando, -endo, -going).

Example: we will eat while they don't arrive.

There are also the modal auxiliary verbs which indicate desire, intention and possibility, for example: wanting, having to, being able to, achieving, intending, arriving, trying, having to, having to.

In this case, the main verb appears in the gerund (-ando, -endo, -indo) or in the infinitive (-ar, -er, -ir).

Example: Students want to learn math.

In addition to these classifications, we also have the curative auxiliary verbs, also called “aspectuals”.

They indicate action, continuity and repetition of the verbal action, adding meaning to the main verb. They are: continue, start, get used to, go, come, return, return, walk, leave, end.

In this case, the main verb appears in the gerund (-ando, -endo, -indo) or in the infinitive (-ar, -er, -ir).

Example: Joel keep listening the same song.

Formation of Compound Times

Compound tenses are made up of an auxiliary and a main verb.

At formation of compound times the most used auxiliary verbs are the to have it's the be.

Generally, the main verb appears in the participle (-ado, -edo, -ido), for example:

Luis Felipe she had passed by her mother's store when the accident happened.
Bridle would have spoken with him before if she didn't have an appointment.

Read too:

• Compound Times
• Simple Times
• Formation of Simple Times

Conjugation of Main Auxiliary Verbs

To better understand the main auxiliary verbs, check below the conjugation of each of them in the indicative, subjunctive and imperative way:

Verb to be

O verb to be is an irregular verb that can be used as an auxiliary and also as a linking verb.

Gerund: being
Past participle: been
Infinitive: to be

Indicative mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Past Perfect
I'm	I was	I went
You are	You were	You went
He is	He was	He was
We are	We were	We went
You are	you were	You went
They are	They were	They went

Past perfect past tense	future of the present	Past Future
I out	I will	I would be
you were	You will be	you would be
he out	He will be	He would be
we were	We will be	We would be
you will be	you will be	you would be
They went	They will be	They would be

Subjunctive Mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Future
That I be	If I were	When I go
may you be	if you were	when you go
let him be	If he was	when he goes
that we are	if we were	when we go
may you be	if you were	when you go
may they be	If they were	when they go

Imperative mode

Affirmative Imperative	negative imperative
--	--
If you	don't be you
be him	don't be him
let's be us	let's not be us
be ye	don't be you
Be them	don't be them

Infinitive Mode

Personal infinitive
for being me
for being you
for being him
for being us
for being you
for being them

Verb to be

The verb to be is an irregular verb that can be used as an auxiliary and also as a linking verb.

Gerund: standing
Past participle: state
Infinitive: be

Indicative mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Past Perfect
I am	I was	I've been
You are	You were	You've been
He is	He was	He was
We are	We were	We have been
You are	you stable	you were
They are	They were	They were

Past perfect past tense	future of the present	Past Future
I had been	I will be	I would be
you had been	you will be	you would be
he had been	He will be	he would be
we were	We will be	We would be
you were	you will be	you would be
They were	They will be	they would be

Subjunctive Mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Future
that I am	If I was	when i am
that you are	if you were	when you are
that he is	if he was	when he is
that we are	if we were	when we are
may you be	if you were	when you are
that they are	if they were	when they are

Imperative mode

Affirmative Imperative	negative imperative
--	--
Are you	don't be you
be he	don't be he
let us be	let us not be
be ye	do not be ye
are they	they are not

Infinitive Mode

Personal infinitive
for being me
for you
for being he
for we are
for you are
for they are

Verb to have

The verb ter is an irregular verb used as an auxiliary.

Gerund: by having
Past participle: had
Infinitive: to have

Indicative mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Past Perfect
I've	I had	I had
You have	You had	You had
He has	He had	He had
We have	We had	We had
You have	you had	you had
They have	They had	They had

Past perfect past tense	future of the present	Past Future
I had	I will have	I would have
you had	you will have	you would have
he had	He will have	He would
we had	We will have	we would have
you will have	you will have	you would have
They had	They will have	they would have

Subjunctive Mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Future
That I have	If I had	When I have
that you have	if you had	when you have
that he has	if he had	when he has
that we have	If we had	When we have
that you have	if you had	when you have
that they have	if they had	when they have

Imperative mode

Affirmative Imperative	negative imperative
--	--
have you	don't have you
have him	don't have it
let us have	don't have we
have ye	do not have you
have them	don't have them

Infinitive Mode

Personal infinitive
for having me
for having you
for having him
for having us
for having you
for having them

verb to have

O verb to have is an irregular verb used as an auxiliary. When it is presented as an impersonal verb, without a subject and with the meaning of existing, it should only be conjugated in the 3rd person singular.

Gerund: if there
Past participle: happened
Infinitive: to have

Indicative mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Past Perfect
i have	I had	I had
you have	you had	you had
he has	he had	he had
we have	we had	we had
you have	you had	you had
they have	they had	they had

Past perfect past tense	future of the present	Past Future
I had been	I will have	I would have
you had	you will have	you would have
he had been	he will be	he would have
we had	we will have	we would have
you will	you will have	you would have
they had	they will have	they would have

Subjunctive Mode

Gift	Past Imperfect	Future
that I have	if i had	when i have
that you have	if you had	when you have
may he have	if he had	when he has
that we have	if we had	when we have
may you have	if you had	when you have
that they have	if they had	When they have

Imperative mode

Affirmative Imperative	negative imperative
--	--
there are you	don't have you
let there be it	don't have him
let us be	let's not have us
there will be you	there is no you
let them be	don't have them

Infinitive Mode

Personal infinitive
for having me
for having you
for having him
For we have
for you
for they have

read more:

• Verbale
• Participle
• Gerund
• Infinitive
• Verb tenses
• Verbal Modes