Breakdown of Eu vou falar com ele depois da reunião.
Questions & Answers about Eu vou falar com ele depois da reunião.
Why does the sentence use vou falar instead of a simple future form like falarei?
Vou falar is the very common ir + infinitive future in Brazilian Portuguese. It works a lot like going to + verb in English.
Both are correct, but in everyday spoken Brazilian Portuguese, vou falar is much more common and sounds more natural in conversation. Falarei is more formal and less frequent in speech.
Do I have to say Eu, or can I just say Vou falar com ele depois da reunião?
You can absolutely omit Eu:
Both are correct.
Portuguese often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. Since vou clearly shows I, Eu is optional here.
You might include Eu for:
- emphasis
- contrast
- clarity
For example:
- Eu vou falar com ele, não você.
(I’m going to talk to him, not you.)
Why is it com ele? Why not just ele?
Because the verb falar usually takes the preposition com when you mean talk with / talk to someone.
- falar com alguém = to talk to/with someone
So:
- falar com ele = talk to him
You cannot normally say:
- falar ele ❌
That would be incorrect in this meaning.
Can I say falar para ele instead of falar com ele?
Why is it depois da reunião and not depois de a reunião?
Why is there an article in da reunião? Why not just depois de reunião?
What exactly is the grammar of vou falar?
It is a periphrastic future: a future expression made with two parts.
Structure:
- ir (conjugated) + infinitive
Here:
- vou = first person singular of ir (to go)
- falar = infinitive (to speak / to talk)
So:
This is one of the most important future patterns in Brazilian Portuguese.
Is depois always followed by de?
Very often, yes, when something comes after it.
Examples:
- depois da reunião = after the meeting
- depois do almoço = after lunch
- depois de trabalhar = after working
So depois commonly appears as:
- depois de + noun
- depois de + infinitive
In your sentence:
- depois da reunião
because de + a reunião = da reunião
Could I use após a reunião instead of depois da reunião?
Yes.
- depois da reunião = very common, neutral, everyday
- após a reunião = also correct, but often a bit more formal or written
So both mean the same thing here:
In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, depois da reunião is usually the more natural choice.
Why is the word order falar com ele and not falar ele com or something similar?
Because Portuguese word order follows the verb’s normal pattern:
So the pieces stay together in this order:
- falar
- com
Portuguese prepositions go before the pronoun or noun:
- com ele
- com ela
- com o gerente
- com a professora
So:
- Vou falar com ele ✅
- Vou falar ele com ❌
Could I replace ele with lhe?
Not in the same way here.
For this sentence, com ele is the normal form:
- Vou falar com ele.
Lhe is an indirect object pronoun, but falar com uses the preposition com, so com ele is the straightforward and natural choice.
In some contexts, lhe can appear with falar in more formal or different structures, but for learners, it is best to remember:
- falar com ele/ela/você = the normal pattern
How is reunião pronounced?
In Brazilian Portuguese, reunião is pronounced approximately like:
- heh-oo-nee-OWN
A few key points:
- the r at the beginning is usually pronounced like an English h in many Brazilian accents
- the final -ão is nasal, which is very common in Portuguese
- the stress falls on the last syllable: reu-ni-ÃO
So the strongest part is:
- reuniÃO
Can this sentence mean both talk to him and talk with him?
Yes.
Portuguese falar com ele can correspond to both:
- talk to him
- talk with him
English sometimes distinguishes them slightly, but Portuguese often uses com naturally for both ideas in everyday speech.
So the sentence can imply:
- speaking to him
- having a conversation with him
The exact nuance depends on context.
Would depois da reunião usually go at the end, or can it move?
It can move.
The version in your sentence is very natural:
But you can also say:
- Depois da reunião, eu vou falar com ele.
Putting depois da reunião first gives it more emphasis, like:
- After the meeting, I’m going to talk to him.
Both are correct. The end position is especially common in neutral statements.
Is this sentence formal or informal?
It is neutral and natural. It works well in both everyday speech and standard writing.
Why?
- Eu vou falar... is common spoken Brazilian Portuguese
- com ele is standard
- depois da reunião is standard and natural
So it is not slang, and it is not especially formal either. It is just normal, correct Portuguese.
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