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Future Tense in Urdu

In these examples, ɳ is the symbol for nasal "n" (ں). 

 

I (male) shall learn Urdu: maiɳ Urdu seekhooɳ ga    میں اردو سیکھوں گا

I (female) shall learn Urdu: maiɳ Urdu seekhooɳ gi   میں اردو سیکھوں گی

He shall play cricket: Woh cricket khele ga     وہ کرکٹ کھیلے گا 

She shall eat bread: Woh roti khae gi      وہ روٹی کھائے گی

We shall go to Islamabad: Ham Islamabad jaeɳ ge  ہم اسلام آباد جائیں گے

You (respect, treated as plural) shall see the film: Aap film dekheɳ geɳ  آپ فلم دیکھیں گے

You (informal, singular) shall come tomorrow: Tum kal aao ge  تم کل آؤ گے

They shall sing a song: Woh gana gaeɳ ge  وہ  گانا گائیں گے

They (female) shall sing a song: Woh gana gaeɳ giɳ  وہ گانا گائیں گیں

 

Verbs used in the above examples:

To learn: seekhna  سیکھنا

To play: khelna کھیلنا

To eat: khana  کھانا

To go: jana جانا

To see: dekhna دیکھنا

To come: aana آنا

To sing: gana (gana is also a noun meaining "song" - to sing a song -> gana gana :)

 

Now, rules for making future in Urdu can be derived from above examples.

Each verb in infinitive has the ending "na" (equivalent to "to" in English).

In order to make future, this ending is replaced and ga, ge, gi, or giɳ is added, depending upon the pronoun.

Nov 27, 2013 8:43 AM
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That was a million and two thanks, WezZy.

You are welcome!

November 27, 2013

Hi Dewi,


The last part of the verb "na" is replaced by "oon" for first person singular (I). (or simply -oon ga)

I shall learn: Main seekh-oon ga.

Other examples:

I shall go: main ja-oon ga

I shall eat: main kha-oon ga

I shall write: main likh-oon ga (to write: likh-na) ... etc.

 

For first person singular (we), we replace "na" with "-en ge",

We shall learn: Ham seekh-en ge

We shall go: ham ja-en ge

We shall eat: ham kha-en ge

We shall write: ham likh-en ge

 

Have a look at the above examples and you can easily find out rules for other pronouns.

It is a good idea to learn these sentences (at least one example for each pronoun) by heart, so that you learn the rules automatically.

Note that the n in the ending is nasal.

December 2, 2013

Is there any role to change the verb?

such as: seekhna => seekhooɳ; khelna => khele; khana => khae

December 1, 2013

Some of the above examples were for masculine. The corresponding examples for feminine are:

We (females) shall go to Islamabad: ham Islamabad jaeɳ giɳ  ہم اسلام آباد جائیں گی

You (respect, female) shall watch the film:  Aap film dikheɳ giɳ  آپ فلم دیکھیں گیں

You (informal, female) shall come tomorrow: tum kal a-o gi  تم کل آؤ گی

November 27, 2013

Thank you .. Thank you .. Thank you a million! =))

November 27, 2013