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Ela vai organizar a reunião depois.

Ela vai organizar a reunião depois.
She is going to organize the meeting later.
From Lesson 62:Near future (ir)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Ela vai organizar a reunião depois.

ela
she
a reunião
the meeting
ir
to go
depois
later
organizar
to organize

Questions & Answers about Ela vai organizar a reunião depois.

How do we form the "going to" future in this sentence?
Just like in English, we use the verb ir (to go) conjugated for the subject, plus the infinitive (unconjugated) form of the main verb. Here, vai means "she is going" and organizar is the main verb "to organize". Notice that we do not use a connecting word between the two verbs in Portuguese.
I thought words ending in "o" were masculine. Why is it a reunião?
While most words ending in -o are masculine, words ending in -ão that represent concepts or actions are almost always feminine. These often match English words ending in "-tion" or "-nion", like reunião (meeting or reunion). That is why we use the feminine word for "the", which is a.
Doesn't depois usually mean "after"? Can it mean "later" too?
Yes! depois can mean both "after" and "later". When used on its own at the end of a sentence like this, it translates best to "afterwards" or "later". If you wanted to say "after the meeting", you would need the preposition de, making it depois da reunião.
Can I drop the word Ela and just say Vai organizar a reunião depois?
Yes, you can! In Portuguese, it is very common to drop the subject pronoun. However, because vai can mean "he is going", "she is going", or "you are going" (formal), keeping Ela makes it completely clear that we are talking about "her".

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