Ir future tense in Portuguese
Using the verb ir as an auxiliary in Portuguese future tense
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On today’s podcast we are going to go over ir future tense in Portuguese. This is our last episode of this series about future tense in Portuguese.
First episode about Portuguese verbs in the future tense
Second episode about Portuguese verbs in the future tense
If you listened to our previous episodes about verbs in Portuguese, you won’t have much trouble to understand this one here.
Do you remember I said that we also have a way to indicate future tense by using an auxiliary verb in Portuguese? Well, that’s right! Much like the English language, in Portuguese you could use the verb “ir” in the present tense followed by the main verb in the infinitive form.
Last episodes I tried to explain how to indicate future tense in Portuguese. So, for example, if you want to say “I will make it” – I said that you should say in Portuguese “Eu farei isso”, right? But you can simply say “Eu vou fazer isso”.
Plus: I think that using the auxiliary verb “ir” is easier than using the other way, because of the irregular verbs. In this case, we don’t have to modify them, so that all Portuguese verbs will remain unchangeable.
Let’s take the examples we used last episode, with irregular verbs. You’ll see the difference.
Fazer + Ir verb
Portuguese verb conjugation
Trazer + ir verb
Portuguese verb conjugation – Trazer verb using ir verb as an auxiliary
Falar + Ir Verb
Portuguese verb conjugation
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In order to reinforce your knowledge of ir verb conjugation, here is a link to a website speaking of it (only in Portuguese).
That’s enough for today!
I hope this week’s podcast will be useful to you
Thanks a lot
Marcos Sales
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