Future Simple Tense is for one-time, finished activities happening in the future. This tense uses the same endings as
Present Tense . The difference is that Future Simple Tense uses perfective verbs and Present Tense uses imperfective verbs.
Perfective vs Imperfective verbs
Most verbs in the Polish language come in aspect pairs: imperfective – perfective.
- imperfective verbs - describe continuous, ongoing activity.
- perfective verbs - describe completed activity.
To create a sentence in Future Simple Tense you have to use perfective verbs. The table below displays examples of imperfective-perfective verb pairs.
Examples
Verbs conjugation
The conjugation of verbs in Future Simple Tense is the same as in
Present Tense . There are also four endings classes (the same as in
Present Tense - you don't have to learn any additional endings!) and you also have to learn the first two forms of each verb to predict to which endings class a certain verb belongs. The tables below present all the endings for each class:
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Example conjugations
The table below shows example conjugations in Future Simple Tense for each endings class.
Examples
napisać– to write
wymyślić– to think of / come up with
usłyszeć– to hear
zaśpiewać– to sing
zrozumieć– to understand
As you can see, it is quite straightforward. Everything looks like in
Present Tense . If you don't understand what is happening here, read the
verb conjugation in the Present Tense article. It explains the conjugation mechanism.
When learning a perfective verb, apart from the infinitive, you also have to learn its two first conjugation forms. It will allow you to correctly identify its endings class and create the rest of the forms (the same situation as in Present Tense).
Perfective verbs, like imperfective verbs, also have irregularities in their stem during conjugation. Again, the same situation as in Present Tense - you can predict the stem change from the two first conjugation forms. The stem change is regular and you can apply the same pattern to the stem change as in Present Tense:
The table below shows how this pattern works. Pay attention to the stems.
Example
zabrać– to take
I hope this article was clear and now you know how to use the Future Simple Tense! If not, I encourage you to read these articles about
the Present Tense . Future Simple Tense is just Present Tense, but instead of imperfective verbs, you have to use perfective verbs.
