View the list of singular and plural subject pronouns and the notations used here before proceeding.

IMPERSONAL: ser = to be (permanent condition)

PRESENT PARTICIPLE = sendo = (being)

PERSONAL INFINITIVE: (me to be)

[A Personal Infinitive (per se) is not present in English -- In English, a Personal Infinitive is usually formed with the aid of the preposition for as in "He wished (for) me to be."

(eu) ser = "... (for) me to be."

(p) (tu) seres = "... (for) thou to be."

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) ser = "...(for) him/her/you to be."

(b) (nós) sermos = "...(for) us to be."

(p) (vós) serdes = "...(for) ye to be."

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) serem = "...(for) them to be."

PRESENT INDICATIVE: (I am)

(eu) sou = (I am)

(p) (tu) és = (thou are)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) é = (he/she/you is/are)

(b) (nós) somos = (we are)

(p) (vós) sois = (ye are)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) são = (they are)

IMPERFECT INDICATIVE: (I was, I used to be)

(eu) era = (I was, I used to be)

(p) (tu) eras = (thou were, thou used to be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) era = (he/she/you was/were, he/she/you used to be)

(b) (nós) éramos = (we were. we used to be)

(p) (vós) éreis = (ye were, ye used to be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) eram = (they were, they used to be)

PRETERIT INDICATIVE: (I was)

(eu) era = (I was)

(p) (tu) eras = (thou were)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) as senhoritas) era = (he/she/you was/were)

(b) (nós) éramos = (we were)

(p) (vós) éreis = (ye were)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) eram = (they were)

SIMPLE PLUPERFECT INDICATIVE: (I had been)

(eu) fôra = (I had been)

(p) (tu) foras = (thou had been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) fôra = (he/she/you had been)

(b) (nós) fôramos = (we had been)

(p) (vós) fôreis = (ye had been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) foram = (they had been)

FUTURE INDICATIVE: (I will be, I shall be)

(eu) serei = (I will be, I shall be)

(p) (tu) serás = (thou will be, thou shall be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) serei = (he/she/you will be, he/she/you shall be)

(b) (nós) seremos = (we will be/we shall be)

(p) (vós) sereis = (ye will be, ye shall be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) serão = (they will be, they shall be)

COMPOUND OR PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT INDICATIVE: (I have been) (uses the tido conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Present Perfect Indicative)

(eu) tenho sido = (I have been)

(p) (tu) tens sido = (thou have been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) tem sido = (he/she/you have been)

(b) (nós) temos sido = (we have been)

(p) (vós) tendes sido = (ye have been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) têm sido = (they have been)

Past Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative: (I had been) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative)

(eu) tinha sido = (I had been)

(p) (tu) tinhas sido = (thou had been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) tinha sido = (he/she/you had been)

(b) (nós) tínhamos sido = (we had been)

(p) (vós) tíheis sido = (ye had been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) têm sido = (they had been)

Future Perfect Indicative: (I will have been/I shall have been) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Future Perfect Indicative)

(eu) terei sido = (I will have been, I shall have been)

(p) (tu) terás sido = (thou will have been, thou shall have been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) terá sido = (he/she/you will have been, he/she/you shall have been)

(b) (nós) teremos sido = (we will have been, we shall have been)

(p) (vós) tereis sido = (ye will have been, ye shall have been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) terão sido = (they will have been, they shall have been)

Subjunctive Mood (Simple)

Present Subjunctive: (I may be)

(eu) seja = (I may be)

(p) (tu) sejas = (thou may be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) seja = (he/she/you may be)

(b) (nós) sejamos = (we may be)

(p) (vós) sejais = (ye may be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) sejam = (they may be)

Imperfect Subjunctive: (I might be)

(eu) fôsse = (I might be)

(p) (tu) fôsses = (thou might be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) fôsse = (he/she/you might be)

(b) (nós) fôssemos = (we might be)

(p) (vós) fôsse = (ye might be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) fôssem = (they might be)

Future Subjunctive: NO DEFINITE FORM IN ENGLISH -- Present and Past Subjunctive and Conditional forms are employed to express Future Subjunctive (if I were to be, if I should be, if I may be, if I may know)

(eu) fôr = (if I were to be, if I should be, if I may be)

(p) (tu) fores = (if thou were to be, if thou should be, if thou may be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) fôr = (if he/she/you were to be, if he/she/you should be, if he/she/you may be)

(b) (nós) formos = (if we were to be, if we should be, if we may be)

(p) (vós) fordes = (if ye were to be, if ye should be, if ye may be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) forem = (if they were to be, if they should be, if they may be)

Subjunctive Mood (Compound)

Present Perfect Subjunctive (I may have been) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Present Perfect Subjunctive)

(eu) tenha sido = (I may have been)

(p) (tu) tenhas sido = (thou may have been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) tenha sido = (he/she/you may have been)

(b) (nós) tenhamos sido = (we may have been)

(p) (vós) tenhais sido = (ye may have been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) tenham sido = (we may have been)

Past Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive (I might have been) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive)

(eu) tivesse sido = (I might have been)

(p) (tu) tivesses sido = (thou might have been)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) tivesse sido = (he/she/you might have been)

(b) (nós) tivéssemos sido = (we might have been)

(p) (vós) tivésseis sido = (ye might have been)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) tivessem sido = (they might have been)

Future Perfect Subjunctive NO DEFINITE FORM IN ENGLISH -- Present and Past Subjunctive and Conditional forms are employed to express Future Subjunctive (if I were to be, if I should be, if I may be, if I might be) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Future Perfect Subjunctive)

(eu) tiver sido = (if I were to be, if I should be, if I may be, if I might be)

(p) (tu) tiveres sido = (if thou were to be, if thou should be, if thou may be, if thou might be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) tiver sido = (if he/she/you were to be, if he/she/you should be, if he/she/you may be, if he/she/you might be)

(b) (nós) tivermos sido = (if we were to be, if we should be, if we may be, if we might be)

(p) (vós) tiverdes sido = (if ye were to be, if ye should be, if ye may be, if ye might be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) tiverem sido = (if they were to be, if they should be, if they may be, if they might be)

CONDITIONAL MOOD

(SIMPLE) (I would be, I should be)

(eu) seria = (I would be, I should be)

(p) (tu) serias = (thou would be, thou should be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) seria = (he/she/you would be, he/she/you should be)

(b) (nós) seríamos = (we would be, we should be)

(p) (vós) seríeis = (ye would be, ye should be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) seriam = (they would be, they should be)

(COMPOUND)

Conditional Perfect: (I would be, I should be) (uses the conjugation tido of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Compound Conditional Perfect)

(eu) teria sido = (I would be, I should be)

(p) (tu) terias sido = (thou would be, thou should be)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) teria sido = (he/she/you would be, he/she/you should be)

(b) (nós) teríamos sido = (we would be, we should be)

(p) (vós) teríeis sido = (ye would be, ye should be)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) teriam sido = (they would be, they should be)

IMPERATIVE MOOD (affirmative)

(p) (tu) sê tu

(b) (você) seja você