Future tense of common verbs and temporal references in Latvian
How it works
In Latvian, the future tense is formed according to person. For many common non-reflexive verbs, forms such as ‹-šu›, ‹-si›, ‹-s›, ‹-sim›, ‹-siet›, ‹-s› appear, but not every verb is formed purely mechanically from the stem: common verbs such as ‹iet – iešu› and ‹būt – būšu› have special forms. Reflexive verbs form the future tense accordingly with forms such as ‹mācīšos›, ‹mācīsies› or ‹mācīsimies›. Typical signal words for the future are ‹rīt›, ‹drīz›, ‹nākamnedēļ› or ‹pēc stundas›. For example, ‹Es iešu uz skolu rīt.› means “I will go to school tomorrow.”
For many common non-reflexive verbs, the future forms according to person are ‹-šu›, ‹-si›, ‹-s›, ‹-sim›, ‹-siet›, ‹-s›. Reflexive verbs have corresponding future forms such as ‹-šos›, ‹-sies›, ‹-sies›, ‹-simies›, ‹-sieties›, ‹-sies›. In addition, some common verbs have special stems, for example ‹iet – iešu› and ‹būt – būšu›. Time expressions such as ‹rīt›, ‹nākamnedēļ› or ‹pēc stundas› often show that something future is being talked about.
An example
Choose the correct Latvian sentence for: “We will learn tomorrow.” Use ‹mācīties›.
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