The future tense in Arabic. We look into the future with this lesson on talking about things yet to happen. You’ll learn how to put verbs into the future tense.
The rule is:
Add the prefix بِـ (b) before the present tense verb,
a helping vowel, usually -i, is added and b becomes bi before the verb.
Note that verbs that begin with a prefix( t)( n) and( y)
the vowels of the present
tense prefixes
t(i)-, n(a), and y(i) – are omitted when speaking that is how Arabs actually talk.
| present tense | future tense | |
| assawi اساوي I do | bassawi اسوي I will do | |
| tisawwi تساوي you do (male) | bitsawwi بتساوي you will do (male) | |
| tisawween you do (female) تساوين | bitsawween بتساوين you will do (female) | |
| tisawwoon تساون you do (pl) | bitsawwoon بتساون you will do (pl)male + female) | |
| nisawwi نساوي we does | binsawwi بنساوي we will do | |
| yisawwi يساوي he does | biysawwi بيساوي he will | |
| yi sawwoon يساون they do | byisawwoon biysawwoon بساون they will do | |