যাম / যাবা / যাব

Future of Verbs That End in a Vowel

Level 2Sounds Like yāma / yābā / yāba

After a vowel, the future endings are -ম, -বা and -ব.

How It Works

The endings are the same as in কৰিম / কৰিবা / কৰিব, but a stem that ends in a vowel does not add -ি.

Personযা “go”খা “eat”দি “give”
মই, আমিযামখামদিম
তুমিযাবাখাবাদিবা
আপুনি, তেওঁ, সি, তাইযাবখাবদিব

A group takes the same form as one person: ৰূপজ্যোতি আৰু জোনালী যাব “Rupjyoti and Jonali will go”.

The negative copies the vowel that follows the prefix: নাযাব “will not go”, নাখাব “will not eat”, নিদিব “will not give”. Some speakers say নেযাব, and that is not an error.

Examples (4)

  1. আমি যাম।

    We will go.

    -ম joins যা directly, with no -ি.

  2. ৰূপজ্যোতি আৰু জোনালী যাব।

    Rupjyoti and Jonali will go.

    Two people still take -ব.

  3. মই ভাত খাম।

    I will eat rice.

    খা gives খাম.

  4. তুমি চাহ খাবা।

    You will drink tea.

    খা “eat” is also used for drinking tea.

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যাম / যাবা / যাবLevel 2Future of Verbs That End in a Vowel

Learn This First

যা takes the future endings without a vowel, so learners need the future endings and the verb যা first.