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Verbs: Future 1

Grammar Notes

The future tense in Hebrew takes the present tense verb and adds either a prefix (in front) or a circumfix (both in front and after) that stem:

Pronoun Prefix/Circumfix Example from (to close) Usage (with/without pronoun)
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/ /

Since the person referred to is inherent in the prefix and circumfix, the preceding pronouns are dropped except for:

  • /
  • /

This allows one to disambiguate the 2nd person (male) form and the 3rd person (female) form whichare spelled the same. The former will be used without a pronoun and the latter will have a pronoun.

The verb "to be" also exists in the future tense, but it is irregular:

Pronoun Prefix/Circumfix
*/
/

Final note: you (plural feminine) technically has a separate ending from you (plural masculine), but it is very rarely used.

Future Tense in Use

The future tense is a little stricter than in English, in that if you ask some to do something for you in the future or when you place a condition on something that "when X, do Y." happens, you have to use the future tense, while in English you use the present tense or the conditional tense.

📋 From my grammar sheet tables · exercises

Future tense of להיות, למצוא and לשתות. (Formal Hebrew has a separate form for “you / they (f pl)”: תִּהְיֶינָה.)

Future tense

Personלִהְיוֹת – to beלִמְצוֹא – to findלִשְׁתּוֹת – to drink
I
you (m)
you (f)
he
she
we
you (m pl)
you (f pl)
they (m)
they (f)

Exercises

📖 Story: Plans for the beach 9 sentences · 3 questions

Plans for the beach

  1. Tomorrow will be a hot day.
  2. Noa says: "We will go to the sea."
  3. "I will take water and bread,"
  4. says Dani.
  5. "And Mom will make a cake."
  6. "We will swim, eat and sit in the sun."
  7. In the morning they see rain.
  8. "No problem," says Noa. "We will go to the sea next week."
  9. "And today we will eat the cake at home!"

Questions

What will Dani take?

What do they see in the morning?

Where will they eat the cake?

Practice

The rule

The future adds prefixes (and some endings). The same form means "you (m.)" and "she".

Iyou m / sheyou fheweyou pl.they

Each sentence shows the rule. Listen, say it after the voice, then tap the grey bar for the meaning and a note on the rule. The pattern quiz blanks out the key form.

Sentences

  • – Tomorrow I will go to the sea · I → א־
  • – He will come in the evening · he → י־
  • – We will eat together · we → נ־
  • – She will write a letter · she → ת־
  • – They will arrive next week · they → י־ ... −ו
  • – Will you (fem.) come tomorrow? · you fem. → ת־ ... −י
  • – You (pl.) will learn Hebrew · you pl. → ת־ ... −ו
  • – I will buy bread · I → א־

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