The future tense in Gulf Arabic

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 tensefuture 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
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