Verbs: Future Tense

01

The Pattern

Conjugate ⁧⁧خواستَن⁩⁩ (xâstankhâstanxastn), "to want", without any ⁧می‌⁩ (mi-), and follow it with the bare past stem of the main verb. The main verb takes no ending at all.

• ⁧خواهَم رَفت⁩

  xâham raftkhâham raftxahm rft

  I will go

• ⁧خواهی رَفت⁩

  xâhi raftkhâhi raftxahy rft

  you will go

• ⁧خواهَد رَفت⁩

  xâhad raftkhâhad raftxahd rft

  he will go

• ⁧خواهیم رَفت⁩

  xâhim raftkhâhim raftxahym rft

  we will go

• ⁧خواهید رَفت⁩

  xâhid raftkhâhid raftxahyd rft

  you will go

• ⁧خواهَند رَفت⁩

  xâhand raftkhâhand raftxahnd rft

  they will go

Only the auxiliary carries the person. The second part is frozen - the same ⁧⁧رَفت⁩⁩ (raftraftrft) whoever is going.

• ⁧مَن پَنجشَنبِه اَز موزِه بازدید خواهَم کَرد.⁩

  man panjšanbe az muze bâzdid xâham kardman panjshanbe az muze bâzdid khâham kardmn pnjšnb az mvz bazdyd xahm krd

  On Thursday I will visit the museum.

• ⁧سَرد خواهَد بود.⁩

  sard xâhad budsard khâhad budsrd xahd bvd

  It will be cold.

• ⁧مَحصولِ ما تَمامِ مُشکِلاتِ شُما را حَل خواهَد کَرد.⁩

  maḥṣul-e mâ tamâm-e moškelât-e šomâ râ ḥal xâhad kardmahsul-e mâ tamâm-e moshkelât-e shomâ râ hal khâhad kardmḥṣvl-a ma tmam-a mšklat-a šma ra ḥl xahd krd

  Our product will solve all your problems.

• ⁧دَر دَرسِ بَعدی، شُما لُغاتِ جَدیدِ زیادی یاد خواهید گِرِفت.⁩

  dar dars-e baʿdi šomâ loġât-e jadid-e ziyâdi yâd xâhid gereftdar dars-e ba'di shomâ loghât-e jadid-e ziyâdi yâd khâhid gereftdr drs-a bʿdy šma lġat-a jdyd-a zyyady yad xahyd grft

  In the next lesson you will learn many new words.

02

Negation Goes on the Auxiliary

• ⁧خِیلی گِران نَخواهَد بود.⁩

  xeyli gerân naxâhad budkheyli gerân nakhâhad budxyly gran nxahd bvd

  It will not be very expensive.

03

The Everyday Alternative

Most of the time Persian simply uses the present, with a word like "tomorrow" to fix the time.

• ⁧فَردا می‌بینَمَت.⁩

  fardâ mi-binamatfardâ mi-binamatfrda my-bynmt

  I will see you tomorrow.

• ⁧مَن یِکشَنبِه بِه تُو پول می‌دَهَم.⁩

  man yekšanbe be to pul mi-dahamman yekshanbe be to pul mi-dahammn ykšnb b t pvl my-dhm

  I will give you the money on Sunday.

Both are perfectly correct. The formal future is what you meet in a weather report or an advertisement.

04

⁧قَرار اَست⁩ (qarâr ast) for Arrangements

When the future has been agreed or planned, Persian uses ⁧⁧قَرار اَست⁩⁩ (qarâr astqarâr astqrar ast), "it is arranged", with a subjunctive.

• ⁧قَرار اَست بِه زودی آن را بِخَرَم.⁩

  qarâr ast be zudi ân râ bexaramqarâr ast be zudi ân râ bekharamqrar ast b zvdy an ra bxrm

  I am going to buy it soon.

• ⁧فَردا قَرار اَست موهایَم را بِشویَم.⁩

  fardâ qarâr ast muhâyam râ bešuyamfardâ qarâr ast muhâyam râ beshuyamfrda qrar ast mvhaym ra bšvym

  Tomorrow I am going to wash my hair.