Eu vou pagar a mensalidade do curso de português amanhã.

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Breakdown of Eu vou pagar a mensalidade do curso de português amanhã.

• português: Portuguese
• amanhã: tomorrow
• ir: to go (future auxiliary)

Questions & Answers about Eu vou pagar a mensalidade do curso de português amanhã.

Why does the sentence start with Eu? Can I leave it out?

Yes, you often can leave it out in Portuguese.

Portuguese is a pro-drop language, which means the subject pronoun is often omitted when the verb already makes the subject clear. So:

• Eu vou pagar a mensalidade do curso de português amanhã.
• Vou pagar a mensalidade do curso de português amanhã.

Both are natural.

Including Eu can add:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

For example, Eu vou pagar amanhã can sound like I’m the one who will pay tomorrow or I will pay tomorrow.

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Why is it vou pagar instead of just one verb?

Vou pagar is a very common way to talk about the near future in Brazilian Portuguese.

It is formed with:

• ir in the present tense: vou
• • the infinitive: pagar

So:

• vou pagar = I’m going to pay / I will pay

This is similar to English going to pay.

Portuguese also has a simple future:

• pagarei

But in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, vou pagar is usually more common and more natural in conversation.

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What exactly does mensalidade mean?