escolhíeis

Escolhíeis is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Portuguese verb escolher (to choose). It expresses a past action that was habitual or ongoing for the pronoun vós (you all) and translates to "you all were choosing" or "you all used to choose."

Usage and regional notes: The form is most commonly found in European Portuguese and in literary or historical texts where the pronoun vós is used. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, the second-person plural is typically represented by vocês, and the corresponding imperfect form is escolhíam (not escolhíeis). Therefore, escolhíeis is largely considered archaic or stylistic in everyday Brazilian usage, though it remains correct in contexts that employ vós.

Morphology and pronunciation: The imperfect is formed from the stem escolh- plus the ending -íeis for the second-person plural. The accent on í indicates the stressed syllable: es-co-lhí-eis. An example sentence is: Vós escolhíeis as melhores propostas entre as opções apresentadas.

See also: escolher, conjugação do verbo escolher, pretérito imperfeito do indicativo, vós.