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The immediate future can also be translated by ir + infinitive:r
vamos comprar uma garrafa de vinho tinto
vamoosh komprar ooma garrafa di veen-yoo teentoo
we’re going to buy a bottle of red wine
irei buscá-lo
iray booshkaloo
I’ll fetch him, I’ll go and fetch him
In Portuguese, as in English, the future can sometimes be HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
expressed by the present tense:
o seu avião parte à uma
oo say-oo av-yowng parta ooma
your plane takes off at one o’clock
However, Portuguese often uses the present tense where the
future would be used in English:
dou-lhe oitocentos escudos
dohl-yi oh-itosayntooz shkoodoosh
I’ll give you eight hundred escudos N
The following verbs are irregular in the future tense:
dizer to say Verbs
dir-ei [diray] I will say
dir-ás [dirash] you will say (sing, fam)
dir-á [dira] he will say, she will say,
you will say (sing, pol)
dir-emos [diraymoosh] we will say
dir-ão [dirowng] they will say, you will say (pl)
fazer to do
far-ei [faray] I will do
far-ás [farash] you will do (sing, fam)
far-á [fara] he will do, she will do, it will do,
you will do (sing, pol)
far-emos [faraymoosh] we will do
far-ão [farowng] they will do, you will do (pl)
See page 266 for the future tense of the verbs ser andr estar.
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