Já

Question 1

Already, now, in this moment

Answer 1

Já (adverb of time)

Question 2

Phew, I’m already tired.
Have you already eaten?
We’re at the station already.

Answer 2

Ufa, já estou cansado.
Já comeste?
Já estamos na estação.

Question 3

Now that
Now that it has stopped raining, we can go for a walk.

Answer 3

Já que
Já que a chuva parou, podemos ir passear.

Question 4

Já as Right Away, in a moment, or momentarily
I’ll be right back.
I’ll take care of that in a moment.

Answer 4

Volto já
Vou já tratar disso.
Tratar:
Handle, treat

Question 5

Já, já!
The double repetition of já, já is used when you really want to stress how quickly something is about to happen. It can be understood as right away, in a jiffy, or in a second (figuratively speaking).
We’ll be back in a second!

Answer 5

Voltamos já, já!

Question 6

Já as Once
A bit counterintuitively, já can also be used to refer to the past, similar to the English word once.
In certain contexts in which já is used in Portuguese, in English we would use a different verb tense entirely to impart the idea of something having once happened or having already happened.

London was once a small town.

I’ve been to Brazil.

Answer 6

Londres já foi uma pequena cidade.

Já fui ao Brasil.

Question 7

The phrase Já não
No more, no longer is more or less akin to not anymore, no more, or no longer, depending on the context.

I’m sorry, but we have no more bread today.

We no longer offer that service.

Answer 7

Desculpe, mas hoje já não temos pão.

Já não oferecemos esse serviço.

Question 8

One last iteration of já is
Já chega!
That’s enough! which simply means enough or that’s enough!

That’s too much food! That’s enough!

Answer 8

Isso é demasiada comida! Já chega!

Question 9

We get face to face.

Answer 9

ficamos cara a cara.
Stay, become

Question 10

I get anything I want.

Answer 10

Eu consigo (get, obtain) tudo o que quero.

Question 11

We do not know her.

Answer 11

Nós não a conhecemos

Question 12

He is from France.

Answer 12

Ele vem da França.

Question 13

Stay here. I’ll be back.

Answer 13

Fique aqui. Eu volto

Question 14

She doesn’t leave this room for anything.

Answer 14

Ela não sai desse quarto por nada.

Question 15

I can’t find anything.

Answer 15

Eu não consigo encontrar nada.

Question 16

There goes my last chance.

Answer 16

Lá se vai a minha última chance.

Question 17

You can do it.

Answer 17

Tu consegues!

Question 18

My room is on the fourth floor (neutral)

Answer 18

O meu quarto fica no quarto andar.

Question 19

I leave tomorrow evening.

Answer 19

parto amanhã, à noite.

Question 20

Why don’t we leave?

Answer 20

Porque não nos vamos
embora? Away

Question 21

Do you know when she leaves?

Answer 21

Sabes quando é que ela
se vai embora?

Question 22

I am going.

Answer 22

vou-me embora.

Question 23

I know him only by name.

Answer 23

Só o conheço de nome.

Question 24

Ir embora
to leave / to go

Answer 24

I’m leaving tomorrow morning.
Vou embora amanhã de manhã.

Come on guys, let’s go!
Vamos embora, gente!

Do you have to leave already?
Já tem que ir embora?

Question 25

In short, this shows us that ir means simply ‘to go’ from one place to another whereas irse means ‘to leave’ in the sense of ‘to go away’ from a place.

Answer 25

eu me vou●
eu vou-me●
tu te vais●
tu vais-te●
ele se vai●
ele vai-se●
nós nos vamos●
nós vamo-nos●
vós vos ides●
vós ides-vos●
eles se vão●
eles vão-se●