Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Tu viajarás para a lua com o cientista? - Will you travel to the moon with the scientist?

Tu viajarás para a lua com o cientista?

Will you travel to the moon with the scientist?

Breakdown of Tu viajarás para a lua com o cientista?

Questions & Answers about Tu viajarás para a lua com o cientista?

How do we form the future tense in viajarás?

For regular verbs in the future tense, you take the full infinitive word (viajar) and add the future endings. For tu (you), the ending is -ás, creating viajarás. The accent mark shows you that the strongest stress falls on that final syllable.

Why does it say o cientista when the word ends in an "a"? Usually, words ending in "a" are feminine.

The word cientista belongs to a special group of nouns ending in -ista (often professions) that do not change their ending based on gender. Instead, the article tells you the gender. O cientista means a male scientist, and a cientista means a female scientist.

Why do we use para instead of a for "to the moon"?

In Portuguese, para is used for travel to a final destination or a place you will stay for a while. The preposition a is used for quick trips where you plan to return right away. Since a trip to the moon is a massive journey, para is the best fit!

Is it absolutely necessary to use the word tu here?

Not at all! The verb ending -ás is unique to tu, so you could just ask Viajarás para a lua com o cientista? and the meaning remains exactly the same. Including the pronoun just adds a bit of emphasis.