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3.4.1. Future Tense (сум)

There are two ways to express being in the future. They are compared in the chart below. Note that when the forms сум, си, е, сме, сте, се are used, the stress is always on the ќе that precedes them. When the forms бидам, бидеш, биде, бидеме, бидете, бидат are used, the stress is different in different dialects. In the northern dialects and what you hear in this tutorial, the stress is always on the би, whereas in the literary language and the western-central dialects, the stress will always be on the third syllable from the back, counting ќе as part of the word. For example (bold is stressed): ќе бидам, ќе бидеш, ќе биде, ќе бидеме, ќе бидете, ќе бидат. Know that you will be understood equally well using either of these two options.

 

Pronoun Future tense (сум forms) Future tense (биде forms)
јас ќе сум ќе бидaм
ти ќе си ќе бидеш
тој, таа, тоа ќе е ќе биде
ние ќе сме ќе бидеме
вие ќе сте ќе бидете
тие ќе се ќе бидат

What next?

    • Think you got it? Move on to talking about events that will not happen in the future (click here.
    • Want to practice? Learn how to talk about the weather in the future (click here).
    • Want to hear the vocabulary of these tutorials in context? You can hear how to ask for availability and schedule meetings in this audiocast: Scheduling a meeting. When you're done, don't forget to come back to the Learn portion of the website.

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