Portuguese · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 30
Vamos ao cinema?Shall we go to the cinema?
Making plans and inviting. Vocabulary: o plano, o convite, convidar, viajar, a festa, o cinema, combinar, juntos, livre, talvez. Key point: the near future is "ir + infinitive", WITHOUT a preposition: "Vou viajar" (I am going to travel), "Ela vai estudar", "Nós vamos comer". English speakers (from "going TO") and Spanish speakers (from "ir A") insert an "a" — "Vou a viajar" ✗ → "Vou viajar" ✓. To invite, you use "Vamos + infinitive?" (= let's): "Vamos ao cinema?" (Shall we go to the cinema?), "Vamos assistir a um filme?", or the informal "Bora?". You accept with "Vamos!", "Combinado!" (Deal!); you decline with "Hoje não posso, talvez amanhã" (I can't today, maybe tomorrow).
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Vou a viajar? Vou viajar!
- LucasMike, o que você vai fazer no feriado?Mike, what are you going to do on the holiday?
- MikeEu vou a viajar para a praia.I am going to travel to the beach. (slip: no "a" between ir and the verb — say "Vou viajar")
- LucasSem o "a": "Vou viajar". O ir cola direto no verbo.Without the "a": "Vou viajar". The ir attaches straight to the verb.
- MikeEntendi. Vou viajar na sexta. Você vai fazer o quê?Got it. I am going to travel on Friday. What are you going to do?
- LucasVou ficar na cidade. Quando você voltar, vamos ao cinema?I am going to stay in the city. When you get back, shall we go to the cinema?
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O convite— The invitation
- BiaLucas, no sábado vou fazer uma festa em casa. Você vem?Lucas, on Saturday I am going to have a party at home. Are you coming?
- LucasVou, sim! A que horas? E posso levar um amigo?Yes, I am! What time? And can I bring a friend?
- BiaÀs oito. Pode levar, claro! Vamos comer, dançar e ouvir música.At eight. Sure, you can bring him! We are going to eat, dance and listen to music.
- LucasCombinado! Então até sábado. Vai ser ótimo!Deal! See you Saturday then. It is going to be great!
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- o plano
n.m.plan
- o convite
n.m.invitation
- convidar
verbto invite
- viajar
verbto travel
- a festa
n.f.party
- o cinema
n.m.cinema, the movies
- combinar
verbto arrange, agree on (Combinado! = deal!)
- juntos
adj./adv.together
- livre
adjectivefree, available (Você está livre? = are you free?)
- talvez
adverbmaybe, perhaps
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Near future: ir + infinitive; inviting with "Vamos…?"
Explanation
To talk about what you are going to do, you join the verb "ir" to the infinitive — nothing between them. You conjugate only "ir": eu vou, você/ele vai, nós vamos, eles vão. "Vou viajar amanhã" (I am going to travel tomorrow), "Ela vai estudar", "Nós vamos comer fora", "Eles vão dançar". You never put "a" between the two: people from English ("going TO") or Spanish ("ir A") say "Vou a viajar" ✗; the correct form is "Vou viajar" ✓. The same "vamos + infinitive" form is used to INVITE, like the English "let's": "Vamos ao cinema?", "Vamos comer?", "Vamos assistir a um filme?". Very informally, you say "Bora?". To accept: "Vamos!", "Claro!" (Sure!), "Combinado!" (Deal!). To decline nicely: "Hoje não posso, talvez amanhã" (I can't today, maybe tomorrow).
Examples
- Amanhã eu vou viajar para São Paulo.Tomorrow I am going to travel to São Paulo.
- Vamos ao cinema no sábado?Shall we go to the cinema on Saturday?
- Nós vamos fazer uma festa. Você está livre?We are going to have a party. Are you free?
- Hoje não posso, mas amanhã vamos comer juntos.I can't today, but tomorrow let's eat together.
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