Lesson 23: The Future
Index · Lesson 22: Joining Words
The present of “to go” uses गच्छ. The future uses गम्, then इष्य, then the present ending. “I will go” is गमिष्यामि। The past, Lesson 18, was the other way: अ in front of गच्छ, as in अगच्छम्.
The future of “to be” is the भविष्य row. Learn that row whole. “To write” follows “to study”: लिखिष्यामि, “I will write.”
अद्य means “today.” श्वः means “tomorrow.”
The endings
| Will go | Will study | Will be | |
|---|---|---|---|
| अहम् | गमिष्यामि | पठिष्यामि | भविष्यामि |
| त्वम् | गमिष्यसि | पठिष्यसि | भविष्यसि |
| सः / सा / तत् / भवान् / भवती | गमिष्यति | पठिष्यति | भविष्यति |
| वयम् | गमिष्यामः | पठिष्यामः | भविष्यामः |
| यूयम् | गमिष्यथ | पठिष्यथ | भविष्यथ |
| ते / ताः / तानि / भवन्तः / भवत्यः | गमिष्यन्ति | पठिष्यन्ति | भविष्यन्ति |
| Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अहम् अद्य गच्छामि। | I go today. म आज जान्छु। अहम् keeps म् because अद्य starts with अ. |
| अहं श्वः गमिष्यामि। | I will go tomorrow. म भोलि जानेछु। |
| सः श्वः नगरं गमिष्यति। | He will go to the city tomorrow. |
| भवान् श्वः कुत्र गमिष्यति। | Where will you go tomorrow? Said to a man at the तपाईं level. तपाईं भोलि कहाँ जानुहुनेछ? |
| अहं श्वः पत्रं लिखिष्यामि। | I will write a letter tomorrow. |
| गुरुः श्वः अत्र भविष्यति। | The teacher will be here tomorrow. गुरु भोलि यहाँ हुनुहुनेछ। |
| वयं छात्राः भविष्यामः। | We will be students. |
अहम् अद्य keeps म्, as in the first line. अहं श्वः writes ं because श्वः starts with a consonant.
Practice
- Say अहं श्वः गमिष्यामि, “I will go tomorrow.”
- Say अहं श्वः पत्रं लिखिष्यामि, “I will write a letter tomorrow.”
- Say गुरुः श्वः अत्र भविष्यति, “the teacher will be here tomorrow.”
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Lesson 24: Numbers is one through ten, and the words “first” and “second.”