Eu vou me levantar agora.

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Breakdown of Eu vou me levantar agora.

• agora: now
• ir: to go (future auxiliary)
• levantar: to stand up

Questions & Answers about Eu vou me levantar agora.

What grammar pattern is vou me levantar?

It is ir + infinitive, a very common way to talk about the near future in Portuguese.

• vou = I go / I am going
• levantar = to get up / to rise

So eu vou me levantar literally looks like I am going to get myself up, but in normal English it means I’m going to get up.

This is one of the most common future patterns in Brazilian Portuguese.

Why is there a me in me levantar?

Because levantar-se can be a reflexive/pronominal verb when the subject is getting themself up.

• levantar = to lift, raise
• levantar-se = to get up, stand up

So:

• Eu vou levantar a cadeira. = I’m going to lift the chair.
• Eu vou me levantar. = I’m going to get up.

The me refers back to eu.

Why is it vou me levantar and not me vou levantar?