Future Tense

18 languages

Arabicالمستقبل
A2Future formed with سَ- (near future) or سوف (more distant future) + imperfect verb. Negation: لن + subjunctive.
Hindiभविष्य काल
A2Future tense using verb stem + ऊँगा/ऊँगी/एगा/एगी/ओगे/एँगे/एँगी (person, gender, number agreement).
RussianБудущее время
A2Compound future: быть (conjugated) + imperfective infinitive. Simple future: perfective verb in 'present' form. Understanding which to use depends on aspect.
DutchToekomende Tijd
B1Future expressed with 'zullen + infinitive' (formal/certain) or 'gaan + infinitive' (informal/intention). Present tense with time expression is very common for near future.
SwedishFuturum
B1Future expressed with 'ska' + infinitive (intention/plan), 'kommer att' + infinitive (prediction), or present tense with time adverb.
TurkishGelecek Zaman
A2Formed with -ecek/-acak plus personal suffixes. Expresses future actions, intentions, and predictions.
PolishCzas Przyszły
B1Perfective verbs: future = perfective present form. Imperfective: będę + infinitive/past participle.
DanishFremtid
B1Future expressed with 'skal' + infinitive (intention), 'vil' + infinitive (prediction), 'kommer til at' + infinitive, or present tense.
NorwegianFuturum
B1Future expressed with 'skal' + infinitive (intention), 'vil' + infinitive (prediction), 'kommer til å' + infinitive, or present tense.
CzechBudoucí Čas
B1Perfective verbs: future = present perfective form. Imperfective: budu + infinitive. 'Být' future: budu, budeš, bude...
RomanianViitorul
B1Future with 'voi' auxiliary (formal) or colloquial 'o să' + subjunctive. 'Voi' form: voi/vei/va/vom/veți/vor + infinitive.
HungarianJövő Idő
B1Future with fog + infinitive. Present tense can also express future with time adverbs. Fog conjugates for person.
UkrainianМайбутній Час
B1Perfective verbs: future = perfective present form. Imperfective: буду + infinitive or synthetic form (-тиму).
Persianآینده
B1Formed with خواهم khāham + past participle (short infinitive). خواهم رفت (I will go). Colloquially, simple present with future context often replaces it. Formal/literary usage.
Urduمستقبل
B1Formed with verb stem + subjunctive endings + گا/گی/گے (gender/number agreement). میں جاؤں گا maiṅ jāūṅ gā (I will go, male). The subjunctive base changes for each person.
IrishAn Aimsir Fháistineach
B1Future tense: 1st conjugation adds -faidh/-fidh, 2nd conjugation adds -óidh/-eoidh. Irregular verbs have unique future stems. Negative: ní + lenition. Question: an + eclipsis.
BasqueGeroaldia
B1Future tense formed with -ko/-go suffix on the participle plus present auxiliary: 'joango naiz' (I will go), 'egingo dut' (I will do it). Also used for intentions.
CatalanFutur Simple
B1Simple future formed by adding endings to the infinitive: cantaré, cantaràs, cantarà, cantarem, cantareu, cantaran. Irregular stems for common verbs: ser→seré, tenir→tindré, fer→faré.

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