7.9 Grammar: Simple Future Tense

Instructor’s Video: Future Tense in Urdu

Structure

Verb Stem + Future Marker

Use of Future Markers with Different Subjects

Future markers are used based on the number, person, and gender features of the agreeing subject.

Note:

(a) When the subject of a sentence is of mixed gender, use the plural masculine aspect marker.

Negation of Progressive Aspect

In order to change progressive aspect sentences to negative, we use the word نہیں right before the verb.

Examples:

• لڑکیاں فٹ بال کھیلیں گی “Girls will play football.”
• لڑکیاں فٹ بال نہیں کھیلیں گی “Girls will not play football.”
• آپ اپنا کمرا صاف کریں گے “You will clean your room.”
• آپ اپنا کمرا صاف نہیں کریں گے “You will not clean your room.”

Uses of Future Tense

(a) To express future actions.

Examples:

• کل بارش ہوگی “It will rain tomorrow.”
• سب لوگ گھر جائیں گے “Everyone will go home.”
• پیٹر اور سنا ایک فلم دیکھیں گے “Peter and Sana will watch a film.”

Activity:

Please add five more examples here. After writing your examples, please change your sentences to negative.

(b) To express assumption/presumption.

Examples:

• شاید کل برفباری ہوگی “Perhaps it will snow tomorrow.”
• اگلے سال، میں پاکستان جاؤں گی “Next year, I will go to Pakistan.”
• پیٹر اور سنا کل مجھ سے ملیں گے “Peter and Sana will meet me tomorrow.”

Activity:

Please add five more examples here. After writing your examples, please change your sentences to negative.

Activities

(a) Please choose the correct form of future markers based on the subject of the sentence.

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