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To Be vs. Do e Does
To Be vs. Do e Does
You You are happy You are not happy Are you...? Are you happy?
We Are We are happy Are not We are not happy Are we...? Are we happy?
They They are happy They are not happy Are they...? Are they happy?
She Is She is happy Is not She is not happy Is she...? Is she happy
You You speak Portuguese You don't speak Portuguese Do you speak Portuguese?
Speak Do not / Don't Do
We We speak Portuguese We don't speak Portuguese Do we speak Portuguese?
They They speak Portuguese They don't speak Portuguese Do they speak Portuguese?
She Speaks She speaks Portuguese Does not / Doesn't She doesn't speak Portuguese Does Does she speak Portuguese?
No exemplo acima usamos o verbo "SPEAK" (falar), porém podemos utilizar a mesma lógica com qualquer verbo.
Lembre-se: As palavras "DO" e "DOES" não têm um significado, são apenas verbos auxiliares que servem para mostrar que a frase está no modo negativo ou interrogativo;
Para o modo afirmativo devemos acrescentar a letra "s" para "he'', ''she'' e ''it'',
Já nos modos negativo e interrogativo, não devemos colocar a letra "s", porém colocamos "Does" e "Doesn't", como nos exemplos acima.