Lesson 7 of 12
Skip to the quizThe future: will, and let’s
Make the future with -ga: main javanga, fer milange. Plus the everyday ways to suggest a plan.
Adding -ga
The future is the easiest tense. Take the verb’s “might” form (ਜਾਵਾਂ, that I go) and add -ga, -gi or -ge to match the person: ਮੈਂ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ (main javanga), I will go.
ਮੈਂ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ
Main javanga
I will go (a man speaking)
ਮੈਂ ਜਾਵਾਂਗੀ
Main javangi
I will go (a woman speaking)
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਜਾਓਗੇ
Tusi jaoge
You will go
ਉਹ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ
Oh javega
He will go
ਉਹ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ
Oh javegi
She will go
ਅਸੀਂ ਜਾਵਾਂਗੇ
Asi javange
We will go
ਉਹ ਜਾਣਗੇ
Oh jange
They will go
Other verbs
Most verbs work the same way from their stem: ਕਰਾਂਗਾ (karanga), ਕਰੋਗੇ (karoge), ਕਰੇਗਾ (karega). ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kal) means both yesterday and tomorrow; the tense tells you which.
ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਫ਼ੋਨ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ
Main kal phone karanga
I will call tomorrow (a man speaking)
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੀ ਖਾਓਗੇ?
Tusi ki khaoge?
What will you eat?
The polite way to ask a guest what they would like.
ਉਹ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਦੱਸੇਗੀ
Oh saanu dassegi
She will tell us
ਫੇਰ ਮਿਲਾਂਗੇ
Fer milange
We will meet again; see you later
Let’s
For “let’s”, add -iye to the stem: ਚਲੀਏ (chaliye), let’s go; ਬੈਠੀਏ (baithiye), let’s sit. For a friendly push, start with ਚਲੋ (chalo), come on.
ਚਲੋ, ਚਲੀਏ
Chalo, chaliye
Come on, let’s go
ਬੈਠੀਏ?
Baithiye?
Shall we sit?
ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਜਾਵਾਂਗੇ
Asi shaam nu Gurdware javange
We will go to the Gurdwara in the evening
Check yourself
Type it the way you’d text it. Spelling is forgiving: roti or rotee, achha or acha.
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