Irregular Verb – valer = to be worth     | Grammar Index |
  
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(only irregular in the first person singular of the present indicative)

IMPERSONAL: valer = to be worth

PERSONAL INFINITIVE: (me to be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

[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 worth."]

(PARTICIPLES -- PAST, PRESENT: (are worth, were worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

PRESENT INDICATIVE: (I am worth)

(eu) valho = (I am worth)

(p) (tu) valer -er= val + es = vales = (thou are worth)

(ele, (p) êle, ela, você, o senhor, a senhora, (p) a senhorita) valer -er= val + e = vale = (he/she/you are worth)

(b) (nós) valer - er = val + emos = valemos = (we are worth)

(p) (vós) valer -er = val + eis = valeis = (ye are worth)

(eles, (p) êles, elas, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras (p) as senhoritas) valer -er = val + em = valem = (they are worth)

IMPERFECT INDICATIVE: (I was worth, I used to be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

PRETERIT INDICATIVE: (I was worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

SIMPLE PLUPERFECT INDICATIVE: (I had been worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

FUTURE INDICATIVE: (I will or shall be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

COMPOUND OR PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT INDICATIVE: (I have been worth/have been worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Present Perfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Present Perfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Past Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative: (I was worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Future Perfect Indicative: (I will/shall be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Future Perfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Present Perfect Indicative) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Subjunctive Mood (Simple)

Present Subjunctive: (I may be worth)

(eu) valha = (I may be worth)

(p) (tu) valhas= (thou may be worth)

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

(b) (nós) valhamos= (we may be worth)

(p) (vós) valhais= (ye may be worth)

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

Imperfect Subjunctive: (I might be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

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 worth, if I should be worth, if I may be worth, if I might be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Subjunctive Mood (Compound)

Present Perfect Subjunctive (I may have been worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Present Perfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Present Perfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Past Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive (I might have been worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to haveto form the Past Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Future Perfect Subjunctive NO DEFINITE FORM IN ENGLISH -- Present and Past Subjunctive and Conditional forms are employed to express Future Subjunctive (if I were worth, if I should be worth, if I may be worth, if I might be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Future Perfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

(Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Future Perfect or Pluperfect Subjunctive) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

CONDITIONAL MOOD

(SIMPLE) (I would/should be worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

(COMPOUND) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Conditional Perfect: (I would/should have been worth) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Spoken Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb ter = to have to form the Compound Conditional Perfect) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

Written Form: (uses a conjugation of the irregular verb haver = to have to form the Compound Conditional Perfect) (Regular in this form with verbs ending in -er)

IMPERATIVE MOOD (be worth thou, be worth ye, be worth)

(p) (tu) valer - er = val +e = vale = (be worth thou)

(p) (vós) valer -er = val +ei = valei = (be worth ye)

(b) (você) valha= (be worth)
 

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