Você está falando português agora?

Are you speaking Portuguese now?

Breakdown of Você está falando português agora?

• você: you
• agora: now
• português: Portuguese
• estar falando: to be speaking

Questions & Answers about Você está falando português agora?

Why is você used here? Does it mean you?

Yes. Você means you and is the most common singular you in much of Brazil.

A few useful points:

• Você is grammatically treated like he/she/it, so it uses third-person singular verb forms.
• That is why the sentence says você está, not você estás.
• In some parts of Brazil, people also use tu, but você is widely understood everywhere.

Why is it está falando instead of just fala?

Está falando is the Brazilian Portuguese way to say are speaking or are talking in the sense of an action happening right now.

So:

• Você fala português? = Do you speak Portuguese? / Can you speak Portuguese? / You speak Portuguese?
  This can sound more general.
• Você está falando português agora? = Are you speaking Portuguese now?
  This focuses on what is happening at this moment.

The pattern is:

estar + gerund

• está = is/are
• falando = speaking/talking

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