Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World

pouvoir:
to be able, can, may
je peux
I can
il/elle/on peut
he/she/one can
vous pouvez
you (polite) can
vouloir:
to want
je veux
I want
il/elle/on veut
he/she/one want(s)
vous voulez
you (polite) want
devoir:
to have to, should

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je dois
I have to
il/elle/on doit
he/she/it/one has to
vous devez
you (polite) have to
A future verb tense is also very easily represented by “go to” (in the sense
of intention, not movement) and can, in many cases, be replaced with the
future conjugation for a somewhat similar meaning.
aller:
to go to
je vais
I am going to
il/elle/on va
he/she/one is going to
vous allez
you (polite) are going to
For much more on French, see fi3m.com/french.
Italian
Italian is another phonetic language, although a few letter-combination
pronunciations take some getting used to, such as ci, ce, and gl. As in Spanish,
feminine words tend to end with an a, masculine words with an o, apart from
similar exceptions mentioned in most courses.
As with the other languages, learning some modal verbs can help you
create complete sentences much more easily:
potere:
to be able, can
posso
I can
può
he/she/it/you (polite) can
possiamo
we can
volere:
to want
voglio
I want

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vuole
he/she/it/you (polite) want(s)
vogliamo
we want
dovere:
should, have to, must
devo
I should
deve
he/she/it/you (polite) should
dobbiamo
we should
Follow these with an action verb in its dictionary (infinitive) form, such as
voglio trovare for “I want to find.” To include the future tense in any
discussion, just use the standard present form of the verb paired with a time
(domani for ”tomorrow,” for instance), and this will be correct Italian in most
cases.
For more tips on Italian, see fi3m.com/italian.
Portuguese
Portuguese is also very phonetic and similar to Spanish in the way you
recognize noun genders.
Fortunately, you need only three conjugations (at least in most Brazilian
Portuguese dialects) to cover all possibilities, because the third person covers
he/she, you, and we. The third person is rendered as a gente, similar to
French’s on (“one,” as in “one does not like this”). When using this form, it’s
best to place the a gente before the conjugation, such as a gente pode.
The following can be quite useful conjugations to learn: