7.9 Grammar: Simple Future Tense
“زمان آینده”
To make future tense you need future maker before the verb. please note that personal ending will be attached to the future maker.
Example: Tomorrow I Will eat pizza ” فردا, من پیتزا خواهم خورد”
Please Note that you will be using past stem of the verb to make future tense.
Use of Future Markers with Different Subjects:
Future markers are used based on the number, person, and gender features of the agreeing subject.
| Verb Ending | Future Maker | Plural Pronoun | Verb Ending | Future maker | Singular Pronoun | Person |
| یم | خواه | ما“We” | م | خواه | من “I” | 1st |
| ید | خواه | شما“You” | ی | خواه | تو “You” | 2nd |
| ند | خواه | آنها “They,” and plural nouns | د | خواه | او “S/he,” and singular noun | 3rd |
Negation of Future Tense
In order to change Future aspect sentences to negative, we use the word ن right before the future maker.
Examples:
- -دختران فوتبال بازی خواهند کرد “Girls will play football.”
- -دختران فوتبال بازی نخواهند کرد“Girls will not play football.”
- -تو اتاقت را تمیز خواهی کرد “You will clean your room.”
- -تو اتاقت را تمیز نخواهی کرد “You will not clean your room.”
Activity:
Please add five more examples here. After writing your examples, please change your sentences to negative.
| Examples | Negative | |
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Uses of Future Tense:
1- To express future actions.
Examples:
- -فردا باران خواهد بارید “It will rain tomorrow.”
- -همه به خانه خواهند رفت“Everyone will go home.”
- -پیتر و آوا یک فیلم تماشا خواهند کرد “Peter and Ava will watch a film.”
2- To express assumption/presumption.
Examples:
- – شاید فردا برف بیاید “Perhaps it will snow tomorrow.”
- – سال آینده به ایران خواهم رفت “Next year, I will go to Iran.”
- -پیتر و ساناز فردا من را ملاقات خواهند کرد “Peter and Sanaz will meet me tomorrow.”
Activity:
Please add five more examples here. After writing your examples, please change your sentences to negative:
| Negative | Example | |
| ۱ | ||
| ۲ | ||
| ۳ | ||
| ۴ | ||
| ۵ |
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