Study Resource: Summary of different ways to express the future in Brazilian Portuguese

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

This chart summarizes the different ways you can express the future in Brazilian Portuguese.

Future Tense Structure		Uses
Simple future tense infinitive future suffix		Used in formal situations to: discuss certain or probable future situations express uncertainty about future facts express politeness make requests or give orders give the probable future results if a condition is met
Future with ir ir(to go) infinitive simple present		Used in informal written and spoken language to: discuss certain or probable future situations express uncertainty about future facts make requests or give orders give the probable future results if a condition is met
Simple present tense	simple present main verb	to describe events and situations that are scheduled or in the near future (with a time marker!)
	haver de + infinitive	to talk about someone’s intention to do something
	ter de + infinitive	to describe the need or obligation to do something in the future
	estar pensando em + infinitive	to talk about plans or intentions in the future
	estar para + infinitive estar a ponto de + infinitive estar prestes a + infinitive	to refer to something that is about to happen

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