Future tense: stem + -ऊँगा/-एगा/-एँगे etc.
Can express future plans and intentions using the Hindi future tense with correct person/gender suffixes
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
मैं कल जाऊँगा।
I will go tomorrow.
वह आएगी।
She will come.
तुम क्या खाओगे?
What will you eat?
हम सब मिलकर काम करेंगे।
We will all work together.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Hindi future adds suffixes directly to the verb stem. Suffixes encode person + gender + number.
| Person | M.Sg | F.Sg | M.Pl | F.Pl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| मैं | -ऊँगा | -ऊँगी | — | — |
| तू | -एगा | -एगी | — | — |
| तुम | -ओगे | -ओगी | — | — |
| आप/वे | -एँगे | -एँगी | -एँगे | -एँगी |
| वह | -एगा | -एगी | — | — |
Example: खाना (to eat) → मैं खाऊँगा, तुम खाओगे, वह खाएगा.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice Exercisesमैं कल जाऊँगा।
I will go tomorrow.
Male speaker: stem जा + ऊँगा (1st person M).
वह आएगी।
She will come.
Female 3rd person: stem आ + एगी (3rd F).
तुम क्या खाओगे?
What will you eat?
तुम form (male): stem खा + ओगे.
हम सब मिलकर काम करेंगे।
We will all work together.
Plural: stem कर + एँगे (M.PL).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises