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The future and plans

Unit 13 · Part C · Arabic A2 (Elementary)
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The future with سَـ and سَوْفَ

Arabic A2 · Unit 13
GoalSay what will happen with سَـ and سَوْفَ before a present verb.
New words
سَأَذْهَب (sa-ʾadhhab) · I will goسَيَكْتُب (sa-yaktub) · he will writeسَتَدْرُس (sa-tadrus) · she will studyسَنَلْعَب (sa-nalʿab) · we will playسَوْفَ أَعْمَل (sawfa ʾaʿmal) · I will workسَآكُل (sa-ʾākul) · I will eatبَعْد غَد (baʿd ghad) · the day after tomorrowالْأُسْبُوع الْقَادِم (al-ʾusbūʿ al-qādim) · next week
Explanation

To talk about the future, put سَـ in front of the present verb: سَأَذْهَب means “I will go”. Write سَـ together with the verb. You can also use the separate word سَوْفَ: سَوْفَ أَذْهَب. The meaning is the same, but سَوْفَ is a separate word and is often used for a later future. The person prefixes and endings stay as in the present: سَيَكْتُبُون is “they will write”. Time words such as غَدًا and الْأُسْبُوع الْقَادِم often come first. The present آكُل “I eat” already starts with آ, so “I will eat” is سَآكُل.

WhoPresentFuture
أَنَاأَكْتُبسَأَكْتُب
أَنْتَتَكْتُبسَتَكْتُب
أَنْتِتَكْتُبِينسَتَكْتُبِين
هُوَيَكْتُبسَيَكْتُب
هِيَتَكْتُبسَتَكْتُب
نَحْنُنَكْتُبسَنَكْتُب
هُمْيَكْتُبُونسَيَكْتُبُون
هُنَّيَكْتُبْنسَيَكْتُبْن
Worked examples
Karim

مَاذَا سَتَفْعَل غَدًا؟

Mona

غَدًا سَأَذْهَب إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَة.

Karim

وَبَعْد غَد؟

Mona

بَعْد غَد سَنَلْعَب مَعًا فِي الْحَدِيقَة.

Karim asks Mona about her plans. Press each line.
Future with one person. Listen and repeat.
Future with a group.
Class activity

Write what you will do tomorrow, next week and next summer. Use سَـ in two sentences and سَوْفَ in one. Underline the prefix of each verb (أ، ت، ي، ن) and say who it is.

Practice
1
Press Listen. Who will sleep: the child, the father or the girl?
2
Write in Arabic: “I will write the lesson.”
3
The picture shows a ball. Write: “We will play tomorrow.”
4
Change to the future: هِيَ تَدْرُس.
5
The picture shows a book. Write: “She will read the book.”