Russian Verbs: Future Tense
Verbs in Russian Future Tense are used to describe actions that will take place at any time in the future.
Russian Future Tense has two forms: Compound and Simple.
Usage of Compound form
Russian compound verb form is similar to Simple Future Tense in English.
Let's analyze our example: Ма́ша бу́дет чита́ть
Ма́ша - the subject
бу́дет - Future form of the verb "быть" (to be)
чита́ть - Infinitive (Imperfective aspect) of the verb "чита́ть" (to read)
To build the Compound form of Russian Future Tense use the structure below
SUBJECT + WILL + INFINITIVE VERB (Imperfective aspect)
Быть (to be) Fututre Tense | |
| Я | бу́ду |
| Ты (informal) | бу́дешь |
| Он | бу́дет |
| Оно́ | |
| Она́ | |
| Мы | бу́дем |
| Вы (formal/pl) | бу́дете |
| Они | бу́ду |
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Usage of Simple Form
Let's analyze our example: Ма́ша прочита́ет.
Ма́ша - the subject.
прочита́ет - Present form of the verb прочита́ть (Infinitive form of perfective aspect).
To build the Simple form of Russian Future Tense:
1. Take the infinitive form of the verb in perfective aspect and conjugate it according to the rules of Present tense
2. Use the structure below to build the sentence.
SUBJECT + CONJUGATED VERB IN PRESENT TENSE (Perfective aspect)
| Прочита́ть (to read) Present tense | |
| Я | прочита́ю |
| Ты (informal) | прочита́ешь |
| Он | прочита́ет |
| Она́ | |
| Оно́ | |
| Мы | прочита́ем |
| Вы (formal/pl) | прочита́ете |
| Они́ | прочита́ют |
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