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Tenses and connections

Future plans with -ու

Say what you will do or are going to do with a very common future construction.

11 minute lesson

Future verbal noun plus “to be”

A common Eastern Armenian future uses a verb form ending in -ու (-u) together with the present forms of “to be”. In the negative, the negative auxiliary comes before the future form.

Future of “to go”

PersonArmenianTransliterationEnglish
Iգնալու եմgnalu emI will go / am going to go
you, informalգնալու եսgnalu esyou will go
he / sheգնալու էgnalu ehe / she will go
weգնալու ենքgnalu enk’we will go
you, plural / politeգնալու եքgnalu ek’you will go
theyգնալու ենgnalu enthey will go

Negative future

PersonArmenianTransliterationEnglish
Iչեմ գնալուch’em gnaluI will not go
you, informalչես գնալուch’es gnaluyou will not go
he / sheչի գնալուch’i gnaluhe / she will not go
weչենք գնալուch’enk’ gnaluwe will not go
you, plural / politeչեք գնալուch’ek’ gnaluyou will not go
theyչեն գնալուch’en gnaluthey will not go

Examples

Վաղը աշխատելու եմ։Vaghə ashkhatelu em.I will work tomorrow.Pronunciation: gh is voiced and throaty; ə is “uh”; kh is throaty.
Մենք Հայաստան ենք գնալու։Menk’ Hayastan enk’ gnalu.We are going to Armenia.Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Գալո՞ւ ես։Galu es?Are you coming? / Will you come?

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