The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet. In Hindi, sentences of future tense can be formed by adding appropriate suffixes to the root verb. Refer to the table below:
| Subject | Masculine suffix | Feminine suffix |
|---|---|---|
| मैं | ऊँगा - oonga | ऊँगी - oongee |
| तू | एगा - egaa | एगी - eegee |
| तुम | ओगे - oge | ओगी - ogee |
| यह, वह | एगा - egaa | एगी - egee |
| हम, आप, ये, वे | एँगे - enge | एँगी - engee |
Note:
To get the feminine suffixes, add ई ee to the masculine.
All masculine subjects in plural end in एँगे enge.
If the root verb ends in half consonant sound, then the half consonant sound merges with the future suffix.
Example: दौड़ (daud) + ऊँगा (oongaa) = दौडूँगा (daudoonga) – will run
जीत (jeet) + ऊँगी (oongee) = जीतूँगी (jeetoongee) – will win
The following three verbs are exceptions and take different forms as below:
| Subject | ले - le - take | दे - de - give | हो - become |
|---|---|---|---|
| मैं | लूँगा - loonga (m) लूँगी - loongee (f) | दूँगा - doonga (m) दूँगी - doongee (f) | हूँगा - hoonga (m) हूँगी - hoongee (f) |
| तू | लेगा - lega (m) लेगी - legee (f) | देगा - dega (m) देगी - degee (f) | होगा - hoga (m) होगी - hogee (f) |
| तुम | लोगे - loge (m) लोगी - logee (f) | दोगे - doge (m) दोगी - dogee (f) | होगे - hoge (m) होगी - hogee (f) |
| यह, वह | लेगा - lega (m) लेगी - legee (f) | देगा - dega (m) देगी - degee (f) | होगा - hoga (m) होगी - hogee (f) |
| हम, आप, ये, वे | लेंगे - lenge (m) लेंगी - lengee (f) | देंगे - denge (m) देंगी - dengee (f) | होंगे - honge (m) होंगी - hongee (f) |
छू choo (touch), पी pee (drink), and जी jee (live) are shortened to chu छु , pi पि, and ji जि before adding the future tense suffixes.
Example: पी pee (drink) becomes पिएगी piyegee (will drink)
It is common these days to write पियेगा – piyega (will drink), खायेगा khayega (will eat), जियेंगे – jiyenge (will live) with य ya. But the correct and preferable forms are those with ए: पिएगा – piyega (will drink), खाएगा – खायेगा khayega (will eat) जिएँगे – jiyenge (will live)
Examples:
I will write – मैं लिखूँगा – main likhoonga – said by a male.
I will write – मैं लिखूँगी – main likhoongee – said by a female.
You will write – तू लिखेगा – tu likhega – said to a male.
You will write – तू लिखेगी – tu likhegee – said to a female.
You will write – तुम लिखोगे – tum likhoge – said to a male.
You will write – तुम लिखोगी – tum likhogee – said to a female.
You will write – आप लिखेंगे – aap likhenge – said to a male or a group of males (this sentence can be used in both singular and plural meaning). The same sentence can also be said to a group of males and females.
You will write – आप लिखेंगी – aap likhengee – said to a female or a group of females (this sentence can be used in both singular and plural meaning).
He will write – यह/वह लिखेगा – yah/vah likhega
She will write – यह/वह लिखेगी – yah/vah likhegee
We will write – हम लिखेंगे – hum likhenge – said by a group of males. The same sentence can also be said by a group of males and females.
We will write – हम लिखेंगी – hum likhengee – said by a group of males. The same sentence can also be said by a group of males and females.
They will write – ये/वे लिखेंगे – ye/ve likhenge – said to a group of males. The same sentence can also be said to a group of males and females.
They will write – ये/वे लिखेंगी – ye/ve likhengee – said to a group of females.
More examples:
We will pluck the flowers. – हम फूल तोड़ेंगे – hum phool thodenge.
Will he meet you in the school? – क्या वह तुम्हें स्कूल में मिलेगा? – kya vah thumhe skool meyn milega?
I will go home today. – मैं आज घर जाऊँगी – main aaj ghar jaaungee.
He will help me. – वह मेरी सहायता करेगा – vah meree sahaayatha karega.
Will they come tomorrow? – क्या वे कल आएँगे? – kya ve kal aayenge?
I will go to see my friend. – मैं अपने मित्र को देखने जाऊँगा – main apne mithr ko dekhne jaaoonga.
I will not lend you my book. – मैं तुम्हें अपनी किताब उधार नही दूँगी – main thumhe apnee kithaab udhaar nahee doongee.
We will not go there. – हम वहाँ नही जाएँगी – hum vahaan nahee jaayengee.
I will meet him in Mumbai. – मैं उसे मुंबई में मिलूँगा – main use mumbai mey miloonga.
How will you reach Mumbai? – आप मुंबई कैसे जाओगे? – aap mumbaee kaise jaaoge?