Future tense
Future tense
The future means that the action happens after the time of speaking
As in
اِحْنا هَــنِتعَلِّمْ عربي
/iHnaa hanitʻallim ʻarabi/
Means
We will learn Arabic
The future form of the verb is the same as the present tense with the prefix
هَ
/ha/
As in
هَــنروحْ
/hanrooH/
Means
We will go
Conjugating in first person (Singular): أَنا
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
أَنا هَـروحْ
/ʼanaa harooH/
Means
I will go
Conjugating in first person (Plural): اِحْنا
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
اِحْنا هَــنروحْ السّوق
/iHnaa hanrooH issooʼ/
Means
We will go to the market
Examples:
أَنا هَـرْجَعْ
/ʼanaa hargaʻ/
I will return
اِحْنا هَــنِرْجَعْ
/iHnaa hanirgaʻ/
We will return
أَنا هَــشْرَبْ
/ʼanaa hashrab/
I will drink
اِحْنا هَــنِشْرَبْ
/iHnaa hanishrab/
We will drink
أَنا هَـآكُلْ
/ʼanaa haakul/
I will eat
اِحْنا هَــنَاكُلْ
/iHnaa hanaakul/
We will eat
السّوق
/issooʼ/
Means
The market
فُسْتان
/fustaan/
Means
Dress
الجاي
/ilgaay/
Means
Next
As in
الأُسْبوع الجاي
/ilʼusbooʻ ilgaay/
بَعْدِ
/baʻdi/
Means
After a…/In a… (Time related)
As in
بَعْدِ شَهْر
/baʻdi shahr/
After a month
بُكْرَه
/bukrah/
Means
Tomorrow
Conjugating in second person (Masculine/Singular): إِنْتَ
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
إِنْتَ هَــتروحْ
/ʼinta hatrooH/
Means
You will go (Masculine)
Conjugating in second person (Feminine/Singular): إِنْتِ
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
إِنْتِ هَـتروحي
/ʼinti hatrooHe/
Means
You will go (Feminine)
Examples:
إِنْتِ هَـتِرْجَعي
/ʼinti hatirgaʻee/
You will go back (Feminine)
إِنْتَ هَـتِرْجَع
/ʼinta hatirgaʻ/
You will go back (Masculine)
إِنْتِ هَــتِشْرَبي
/ʼinti hatishrabee/
You will drink (Feminine)
إِنْتَ هَــتِشْرَب
/ʼinta hatishrab/
You will drink (Masculine)
إِنْتِ هَــتَاكلْي
/ʼinti hataaklee/
You will eat (Feminine)
إِنْتَ هَــتَاكُلْ
/ʼinta hataakul/
You will eat (Masculine)
Conjugating in third person (Masculine/Singular): هُوَّ
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
هُوَّ هَــيروحْ
/huwwah hayrooH/
Means
He will go
Conjugating in third person (Feminine/Singular): هِيِّ
The prefix هَـ should precede the verb in present tense
As in
هِيِّ هَــتروحْ
/hiyyah hatrooH/
Means
She will go
Examples:
هِيَّ هَـتِرْجَعْ
/hiyyah hatirgaʻ/
She will go back
هُوَّ هَـيِرْجَعْ
/huwwah hayirgaʻ/
He will go back
Examples:
هِيَّ هَـتِشْرَبْ
/hiyyah hatishrab/
She will drink
هُوَّ هَـيِشْرَبْ
/huwwah hayishrab/
He will drink
Examples:
هِيَّ هَــتَاكُلْ
/hiyyah hataakul/
She will eat
هُوَّ هَــيَاكُلْ
/huwwah hayaakul/
He will eat
مِشْ
/mish/
Means
Will not
As in
مِشْ هَشْرَبْ قَهْوَة بُكْرَه
/mish hashrab ʼahwah bukrah/
I will not drink coffee tomorrow
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