Language/North-levantine-arabic/Grammar/Future-Tense

North Levantine Arabic Grammar - Future Tense

Hi North Levantine Arabic learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will focus on the future tense in North Levantine Arabic. The future tense is used to talk about actions that will happen in the future. It is an important tense that will help you communicate efficiently with native speakers.

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: How to Use Have & Conditional Mood.

Formation

The future tense in North Levantine Arabic is formed by adding the prefix "رح" to the beginning of the verb. This prefix is followed by the present tense of the verb. It is important to note that there are some irregular verbs in the future tense, and these verbs must be memorized.

Let's take the verb "to write" as an example:

North Levantine Arabic	Pronunciation	English
رح اكتب	rah aktob	I will write
رح تكتب	rah taktob	You will write
رح يكتب	rah yaktob	He will write
رح نكتب	rah nektob	We will write
رح تكتبو	rah taktobu	You all will write
رح يكتبو	rah yaktobu	They will write

As you can see from the examples, the prefix "رح" is added to the beginning of the verb in all cases. The form of the verb used after "رح" is the present tense form for each specific pronoun.

Usage

The future tense in North Levantine Arabic is used to talk about future events, plans, or expectations. It is also used to make promises, predictions or assumptions about future events. Here are some examples:

• I will go to Paris next year. (رح اروح باريس السنة الجاي - rah aruuh baariis isseneh el jaay)
• They will have a baby soon. (رح يولدو آخر الشهر - rah yuuldo akher el shahr)
• We will visit our grandparents this weekend. (رح نزور جدي وجدتي هالنهار - rah nezoor jadi w jedditi halnaahar)

Dialogue

Here is a dialogue between two people, showing the usage of the future tense in North Levantine Arabic:

• Person 1: شو بدك تعمل بكرة؟ (shoo biddak taamel bokra?) - What are you going to do tomorrow?
• Person 2: رح اشتري كتاب جديد. (rah ashtri kitaab jdeed) - I will buy a new book.

Interesting Fact

Did you know that the future tense in North Levantine Arabic can also be formed using the prefix "ح" instead of "رح"? Both "رح" and "ح" have the same meaning and are used interchangeably. So you can also say "حنروح بحمص" (hanno ruuh bHims) instead of "رح نروح بحمص" (rah noruuh bHims) which means "We will go to Homs".

Practice

To practice the future tense in North Levantine Arabic, try making your own sentences using the examples given in this lesson. You can also find exercises on North Levantine Arabic Grammar section on Polyglot Club. In addition, you can find native speakers and ask them any questions on Polyglot Club.

Sources

• Arabic grammar

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Other Lessons

• How to Use Have
• Conditional Mood
• Nouns
• Gender
• Questions
• Adjectives
• How to Use Be
• Pronouns
• Give your Opinion
• Negation