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Tomorrow’s Plan – Questions and Answers; Day: 63

Tomorrow’s Plan – Questions and Answers

When asking questions about the future, you can ask questions like:

“What are you going to do tonight?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“What are you doing next week?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“When do you plan on doing your homework?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“When are you going to eat dinner?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“What time do we have to leave for the airport?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻ“āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡?”

“What should we do tonight?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤?”

There are many different questions you can ask. By changing a few words, you can make numerous questions properly about the future.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡. āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

When you are answering questions that relate to the future, remember to use the future tense. Here are some ways to answer the questions directly above:

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡:

“What are you going to do tonight?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“I plan on meeting John after dinner. We’re going to go to a night club.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m going to go to take my girlfriend out to dinner. And if we have time, we might try to see a movie.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“What are you doing next week?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Since I’m on vacation next week, I plan on going to Pusan to visit some friends down there.”

“āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“Next week I have to go shopping for all the Christmas presents. I have to buy a present for my dad, mom, and my two sisters.”

“āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž, āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“When do you plan on doing your homework?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“I think I’m going to do my homework after I watch the world cup. I don’t think I’ll be able to concentrate until after the game is over.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I’m so unmotivated to do my homework. But I’ll eventually have to do it, so I’ll get around to them probably after dinner.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĨ¤”

“What time do you have to leave for the airport?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻ“āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡?”

“The flight comes in at 4:30, so I plan on leaving at about 3:30”

“āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ 4:30 āĻ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 3:30 āĻ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ”

“The security is pretty tight so I should get there early. I plan on arriving there 2 hours before my flight leaves.”

“āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒā§ŒāĻāĻ›āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° 2 āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻāĻ›āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“What should we do tonight?”

“āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤?”

“After dinner, let’s go grab a couple of beers. Then we can go shopping for a couple of hours, and afterwards, we can rent a video and watch it at my place.”

“āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡, āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m pretty busy tonight. I have to do the laundry, vacuum, and then make dinner, so I won’t be able to meet you tonight.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”