Forneceis

Forneceis is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb fornecer, used with the pronoun vós. It means you supply or you provide, in contexts where the pronoun vós is used to address multiple people. The form is part of the traditional vós paradigm, which contrasts with the more common vocês in many modern dialects.

In standard present tense conjugation, the forms are: eu forneço, tu forneces, ele/ela fornece, nós fornecemos, vós forneceis, eles fornecem. The corresponding present subjunctive for vós is forneçais, not forneceis, and is used in clauses introduced by que (for example, que vós forneçais).

Usage and regional variation vary by variety of Portuguese. In most contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, the vós form is rarely used in everyday speech, and voces fornecem or vocês fornecem is preferred in both present indicative and other tenses. In many varieties of European Portuguese, particularly in formal writing, liturgical contexts, and some regional speech, vós forms such as forneceis appear more often, though even there they can be supplanted by vocês in informal contexts.

Etymology traces for fornecer generally point to Latin furnire, with the verb evolving through Old Portuguese into modern Portuguese. Forneceis thus reflects the historical second-person plural form of a verb meaning to supply or furnish goods, services, or information. See also fornecer and the pronouns vós and vocês.