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Future Simple Tense (Czas Przyszły Prosty)

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

imperfective verb	perfective verb
pisać – to be writing	napisać – to have written
czytać – to be reading	przeczytać – to have read
kupować – to be buying	kupić – to have bought
robić – to be doing	zrobić – to have done
budować – to be building	zbudować – to have built

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:

First class -ę -esz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–ę`	We	`–emy`
You	`–esz`	You	`–ecie`
He / She / It	`–e`	They	`–ą`

Second class -ię / -ę -isz / -ysz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–ię / -ę`	We	`–imy / -ymy`
You	`–isz / -ysz`	You	`–icie / -ycie`
He / She / It	`–i / -y`	They	`–ią / -ą`

Third class -am -asz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–am`	We	`–amy`
You	`–asz`	You	`–acie`
He / She / It	`–a`	They	`–ają`

Fourth class -em -esz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–em`	We	`–emy`
You	`–esz`	You	`–ecie`
He / She / It	`–e`	They	`–eją`

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Example conjugations

The table below shows example conjugations in Future Simple Tense for each endings class.

Examples

napisać– to write

Polish	English	Polish	English
napiszę	I’ll write	napiszemy	We’ll write
napiszesz	You’ll write (sg)	napiszecie	You’ll write (pl)
napisze	He / She / It will write	napiszą	They’ll write

wymyślić– to think of / come up with

Polish	English	Polish	English
wymyślę	I’ll think of / come up with	wymyślimy	We’ll think of / come up with
wymyślisz	You’ll think of / come up with (sg)	wymyślicie	You’ll think of / come up with (pl)
wymyśli	He / She / It will think of / come up with	wymyślą	They’ll think of / come up with

usłyszeć– to hear

Polish	English	Polish	English
usłyszę	I’ll hear	usłyszymy	We’ll hear
usłyszysz	You’ll hear (sg)	usłyszycie	You’ll hear (pl)
usłyszy	He / She / It will hear	usłyszą	They’ll hear

zaśpiewać– to sing

Polish	English	Polish	English
zaśpiewam	I’ll sing	zaśpiewamy	We’ll sing
zaśpiewasz	You’ll sing (sg)	zaśpiewacie	You’ll sing (pl)
zaśpiewa	He / She / It will sing	zaśpiewają	They’ll sing

zrozumieć– to understand

Polish	English	Polish	English
zrozumiem	I’ll understand	zrozumiemy	We’ll understand
zrozumiesz	You’ll understand (sg)	zrozumiecie	You’ll understand (pl)
zrozumie	He / She / It will understand	zrozumieją	They’ll 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:

Subject (singular)	Verb	Subject (plural)	Verb
I	X	We	Y
You	Y	You	Y
He / She / It	Y	They	X

The table below shows how this pattern works. Pay attention to the stems.

Example

zabrać– to take

Polish	English	Polish	English
zabiorę	I’ll take	zabierzemy	We’ll take
zabierzesz	You’ll take (sg)	zabierzecie	You’ll take (pl)
zabierze	He / She / It will take	zabiorą	They’ll 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.

Available Exercises

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Exercises for Future Tense

Future Tense - Introduction

Future Continuous Tense (Czas Przyszły Ciągły)

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Future Simple Tense (Czas Przyszły Prosty)

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

imperfective verb	perfective verb
pisać – to be writing	napisać – to have written
czytać – to be reading	przeczytać – to have read
kupować – to be buying	kupić – to have bought
robić – to be doing	zrobić – to have done
budować – to be building	zbudować – to have built

Verbs conjugation

First class -ę -esz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–ę`	We	`–emy`
You	`–esz`	You	`–ecie`
He / She / It	`–e`	They	`–ą`

Second class -ię / -ę -isz / -ysz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–ię / -ę`	We	`–imy / -ymy`
You	`–isz / -ysz`	You	`–icie / -ycie`
He / She / It	`–i / -y`	They	`–ią / -ą`

Third class -am -asz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–am`	We	`–amy`
You	`–asz`	You	`–acie`
He / She / It	`–a`	They	`–ają`

Fourth class -em -esz verbs

Subject (singular)	Ending	Subject (plural)	Ending
I	`–em`	We	`–emy`
You	`–esz`	You	`–ecie`
He / She / It	`–e`	They	`–eją`

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Example conjugations

The table below shows example conjugations in Future Simple Tense for each endings class.

Examples

napisać– to write

Polish	English	Polish	English
napiszę	I’ll write	napiszemy	We’ll write
napiszesz	You’ll write (sg)	napiszecie	You’ll write (pl)
napisze	He / She / It will write	napiszą	They’ll write

wymyślić– to think of / come up with

Polish	English	Polish	English
wymyślę	I’ll think of / come up with	wymyślimy	We’ll think of / come up with
wymyślisz	You’ll think of / come up with (sg)	wymyślicie	You’ll think of / come up with (pl)
wymyśli	He / She / It will think of / come up with	wymyślą	They’ll think of / come up with

usłyszeć– to hear

Polish	English	Polish	English
usłyszę	I’ll hear	usłyszymy	We’ll hear
usłyszysz	You’ll hear (sg)	usłyszycie	You’ll hear (pl)
usłyszy	He / She / It will hear	usłyszą	They’ll hear

zaśpiewać– to sing

Polish	English	Polish	English
zaśpiewam	I’ll sing	zaśpiewamy	We’ll sing
zaśpiewasz	You’ll sing (sg)	zaśpiewacie	You’ll sing (pl)
zaśpiewa	He / She / It will sing	zaśpiewają	They’ll sing

zrozumieć– to understand

Polish	English	Polish	English
zrozumiem	I’ll understand	zrozumiemy	We’ll understand
zrozumiesz	You’ll understand (sg)	zrozumiecie	You’ll understand (pl)
zrozumie	He / She / It will understand	zrozumieją	They’ll understand

Subject (singular)	Verb	Subject (plural)	Verb
I	X	We	Y
You	Y	You	Y
He / She / It	Y	They	X

The table below shows how this pattern works. Pay attention to the stems.

Example

zabrać– to take

Polish	English	Polish	English
zabiorę	I’ll take	zabierzemy	We’ll take
zabierzesz	You’ll take (sg)	zabierzecie	You’ll take (pl)
zabierze	He / She / It will take	zabiorą	They’ll take

Available Exercises

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Exercises for Future Tense

Future Tense - Introduction

Future Continuous Tense (Czas Przyszły Ciągły)

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Future Simple Tense (Czas Przyszły Prosty)

Perfective vs Imperfective verbs

Verbs conjugation

Example conjugations

napisać– to write

wymyślić– to think of / come up with

usłyszeć– to hear

zaśpiewać– to sing

zrozumieć– to understand

zabrać– to take

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Cases - Noun Declension

Future Simple Tense (Czas Przyszły Prosty)

Perfective vs Imperfective verbs

Verbs conjugation

Example conjugations

napisać– to write

wymyślić– to think of / come up with

usłyszeć– to hear

zaśpiewać– to sing

zrozumieć– to understand

zabrać– to take

Cześć! Jestem Jarek, miło mi Cię poznać!

Cases - Noun Declension