Two Irregular Verbs You Already Use
You have been asking for things with pedir and listening with ouvir for a while. Both hide an irregularity in exactly one place: the eu form.
| pedir | ouvir | |
|---|---|---|
| eu | peço | ouço |
| tu | pedes | ouves |
| ele/ela/você | pede | ouve |
| nós | pedimos | ouvimos |
| eles/vocês | pedem | ouvem |
Everything after eu is a regular -ir verb. Only peço and ouço need memorising — the -ç- keeps the soft s sound that a plain c would lose before o.
| I ask the gentleman for the bill. | Eu peço a conta ao senhor. |
Where They Take Their Objects
pedir takes the thing directly and the person with a: pedir um café *ao senhor. There is no preposition before the thing asked for — never *pedir por.
ouvir takes what you hear directly: ouço a música, ouves o professor.
| I listen to the radio in the kitchen. | Ouço o rádio na cozinha. |
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