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Guía · Unidad 14 · B1

Plans & Travels

The near future, dates, and the words you need to travel

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    Vou viajar: the everyday future

    Ir + infinitive — how Brazilians talk about tonight, next week and next year.

    • The everyday future: ir (vou, vai, vamos, vão) + infinitive — Vou viajar.
    • In conversation it covers both going to and will.
    • Não goes before ir: Não vou trabalhar.
    • To go somewhere, vou on its own does the job: Amanhã vou à praia.
    • Time words: amanhã, depois de amanhã, na semana que vem, no ano que vem, daqui a dois dias.
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    Segunda, janeiro, verão: days, dates and seasons

    The days of the week, the months, how to say a date — and why Christmas comes in summer.

    • Days: segunda, terça, quarta, quinta, sexta(-feira), sábado, domingo — lower case, and -feira is often dropped.
    • na segunda — one particular Monday; às segundas — every Monday; no sábado.
    • Dates: dia + number + de + month — dia 18 de janeiro; the 1st is primeiro.
    • Written dates go day first: 03/07 is the 3rd of July.
    • Seasons are flipped: verão (Dec–Mar), outono, inverno (Jun–Sep), primavera — Christmas comes in summer.
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    Passagem, mala, reserva: getting ready to go

    Tickets, flights, bus stations, suitcases and bookings — plus já and ainda não for ticking off the list.

    • Travel words: a passagem (ticket), o voo, o aeroporto, a rodoviária, a mala, a hospedagem.
    • Fazer a mala — to pack; reservar — to book.
    • De ida e volta — return; só de ida — one-way. A show or a match takes an ingresso.
    • Have you … yet? → Você já + perfeito: Você já comprou? — Já! / Ainda não.
    • Rio to Salvador: about two hours by plane, more than a day by coach.
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    Será, haverá: the written future and the forecast

    The one-word future you'll read in forecasts, announcements and formal emails — and how to talk about the weather for a trip.

    • The one-word future = infinitive + -ei, -á, -emos, -ão: viajarei, será, partiremos, voltarão.
    • It belongs to formal language — news, forecasts, announcements, emails. In conversation, use ir + infinitive.
    • Only three short stems: farei (fazer), direi (dizer), trarei (trazer).
    • Weather has no it: vai fazer sol / calor, vai chover, vai ventar.
    • Forecast language: O dia será de sol. Haverá pancadas de chuva.
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