A vida e a morte (morrer, vivo)

The Verbs

Morrer (to die) is regular in the present but has the irregular participle morto — which doubles as the everyday adjective. Matar (to kill) is fully regular. In the PPS you already know: morreu, matou.

My fish died yesterday.
O meu peixe morreu ontem.

The Adjectives

vivo and morto are the alive/dead pair, and they take estar: O peixe está morto. A useful extra: ao vivo means live (a concert, on TV).

The Nouns

A morte is death; o deus is a god (capitalised Deus for the Christian God, and then it drops the article: graças a Deus).

And the Opposite of Crying

Rir (to laugh) is irregular: eu rio, tu ris, ele ri, nós rimos, eles riem. You already know chorar — now you can do both.

The little girl laughs a lot.
A menina ri muito.

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