Word
Eu vou falar com ele depois da reunião.
Meaning
I am going to talk with him after the meeting.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Eu vou falar com ele depois da reunião.
eu
I
com
with
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
depois de
after
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?