Tomorrow’s Plan – I am going to; Day: 61
Tomorrow’s Plan – I am going to
Talking about the future is something that is done very frequently. Whether we are talking about our dreams or simply telling someone what we will do tomorrow is all spoken in the future tense. As in the previous lesson, this isn’t a grammar lesson. This lesson is to provide many different sentences using the future tense.
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤
In the previous lesson, we concentrated on present tense using ‘I am’
āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§, āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ
When we speak in the future tense, we can still use ‘I am’ but it is important what follows the two words that will make it future tense. Here are a couple of examples.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
“I’m going to see Bob tomorrow.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŦāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m going to meet John at the airport at 6 O’clock tonight.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ 6 āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m going to go home in an hour.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m going to go to the bus stop right after class.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻĒā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m going to do that tomorrow.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
When using ‘going to’ after ‘I am’ it is important that a future indicator is present. For example, if I say, ‘I am going to meet John’, this can also be present tense that we practiced previously. But if you add a future indicator like ‘at 6 O’clock tonight’ then it becomes future tense.
‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ’-āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ ‘going to’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ’, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ ‘āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ 6 āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ’ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Other future tense indicators are:
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻšāĻ˛:
‘going to go’
‘going to be’
‘I will’
‘I have to’
‘āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ’
‘āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§’
‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŦ’
‘āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§’
Let’s practice using these words:
āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ:
“I’m going to be dead if I don’t finish this project by tomorrow.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĨ¤”
“I’m going to go home next week.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’ll meet you there at five.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”
“I can’t go tonight because I have to work late.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤”