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 of the verbs in the Polish language come in aspect pairs: imperfective – perfective.
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.
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