Futuro falado: ir + infinitivo
Futuro falado: ir + infinitivo means “In speech the future is vou fazer, not the synthetic farei”. Portuguese has a one-word future (falarei, comerei, partirei), but in everyday Brazilian speech it is almost entirely replaced by ir + infinitive: eu vou falar, você vai comer, nós vamos partir, eles vão sair. Formation: ir (conjugado) + infinitivo — vou / vai / vamos / vão + falar
In speech the future is vou fazer, not the synthetic farei
A2Formation
ir (conjugado) + infinitivo — vou / vai / vamos / vão + falar
Explanation
Portuguese has a one-word future (falarei, comerei, partirei), but in everyday Brazilian speech it is almost entirely replaced by ir + infinitive: eu vou falar, você vai comer, nós vamos partir, eles vão sair. Reserve the synthetic future for writing and formal registers. Note that the same auxiliary ir is also the verb "to go", so vou ao mercado is "I'm going to the market" while vou comprar pão is "I'm going to buy bread"; when both appear, Brazilians happily say vou ir only in emphatic contexts and usually just say vou. This construction is shared with Spanish (voy a hablar), except that Portuguese uses no preposition between ir and the infinitive.
Examples
Note
Unlike Spanish, there is no a: say vou falar, never "vou a falar".
FAQ
Futuro falado: ir + infinitivo — what does it mean and how is it used?
In speech the future is vou fazer, not the synthetic farei. Portuguese has a one-word future (falarei, comerei, partirei), but in everyday Brazilian speech it is almost entirely replaced by ir + infinitive: eu vou falar, você vai comer, nós vamos partir, eles vão sair. Reserve the synthetic future for writing and formal registers. Note that the same auxiliary ir is also the verb "to go", so vou ao mercado is "I'm going to the market" while vou comprar pão is "I'm going to buy bread"; when both appear, Brazilians happily say vou ir only in emphatic contexts and usually just say vou. This construction is shared with Spanish (voy a hablar), except that Portuguese uses no preposition between ir and the infinitive.
Futuro falado: ir + infinitivo — how do you form it?
ir (conjugado) + infinitivo — vou / vai / vamos / vão + falar
Futuro falado: ir + infinitivo — any usage notes?
Unlike Spanish, there is no a: say vou falar, never "vou a falar".