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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§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

In the previous lesson, we concentrated on present tense using ‘I am’

āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ

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.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›āĻŋ’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤

“I’m going to see Bob tomorrow.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŦāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m going to meet John at the airport at 6 O’clock tonight.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ 6 āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m going to go home in an hour.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m going to go to the bus stop right after class.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻĒā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m going to do that tomorrow.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

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.

‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›āĻŋ’-āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ ‘going to’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻ• āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ’, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻ“ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻ• āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ ‘āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ 6 āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ’ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

Other future tense indicators are:

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻ• āĻšāĻ˛:

‘going to go’
‘going to be’
‘I will’
‘I have to’

‘āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ’

‘āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡’

‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ’

‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡’

Let’s practice using these words:

āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ‡ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ:

“I’m going to be dead if I don’t finish this project by tomorrow.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĨ¤”

“I’m going to go home next week.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’ll meet you there at five.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I can’t go tonight because I have to work late.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”