Lesson #55: The Future Form of होना honaa - To be
Can you remember back to Lesson #53 The Future Tense? In that lesson we started learning about the Future Tense in Hindi for example we learnt how to make sentences like…
मैं अख़बार पढ़ूँगी main akhbaar parhoongee
- I will read the newspaper (said by a female)
If you’re at all confused then head back to Lesson #53 and revise over it a little! Now in that lesson I mentioned that the verb होना honaa - ‘to be’ is irregular in the future tense so it doesn’t follow the usual rules! So in today’s lesson we’re going to learn how to change this verb into the future tense!
Now let me show you a few examples first and then hopefully you’ll get the idea - then we can see the rules in detail! So are you ready to get going? Let’s start with something we know first…
मैं दुकान पर हूँ main dukaan par hoon
- I am at the shop
This is just as we learnt in Lesson #22 yeah, it shouldn’t be anything new! Now to change this to the future tense, that is to say “I will be at the shop” we actually say…
मैं दुकान पर हूँगा main dukaan par hoongaa
- I will be at the shop (said by a male)
So what’s changed? Well look at the word at the end! This is where our new future form of होना honaa comes in! Right, one more example and then let’s look at the rules in detail! So again we know how to say…
वह UK में है voh UK men hai - He is in the UK
Again this is just stuff we already know! So how do we change this to the future tense then? Well we actually say…
वह UK में होगा voh UK men hogaa - He will be in the UK
Can you see what’s changed? That’s right, we’ve just replaced है hai, with होगा hogaa which changes the meaning from “He is…” to “He will be…”. Are you with me?
Do you think you’re ready to learn the proper rules and conjugations for the future form of होना honaa now then? Well here goes deep breathe…
The Masculine Forms;
मैं हूँगा main hoongaa I will be (by a male)
हम होंगे ham honge We will be
तू होगा too hogaa You will be (Very Informal)
आप होंगे aap honge You will be (Formal)
तुम होगे tum hoge You will be (Informal)
यह / वह होगा yeh / voh hogaa He / It will be
ये / वे होंगे ye / ve honge They will be
The Femine Forms;
मैं हूँगी main hoongee I will be (by a female)
हम होंगी ham hongee We will be
तू होगी too hogee You will be (Very Informal)
आप होंगी aap hongee You will be (Formal)
तुम होगी tum hogee You will be (Informal)
यह / वह होगी yeh / voh hogee She / It will be
ये / वे होंगी ye / ve hongee They will be
How was that? Read through it a few more times. Why not copy it out too, to make sure you remember it!
Now read back to our examples just above - can you see why we used the words that we did? Great! Ready for just a few more examples? Here goes! In each case make sure you can understand the sentence and the conjugation we use!
वे स्कूल पर होंगे ve skool par honge
- They will be at school
क्या आप घर पर होंगी? kyaa aap ghar par hongee?
- Will you be at home? (To a female)
How was that? Does it all make sense? We’re going to come back to this quite a few times more in future lessons, so it’s important to learn it well!
Why not try writing your own sentences using “will be” and leave them in the comments below and i’ll get back to you letting you know how well you’ve done!
