Future -ब

Future with हम: -ब

Level 2Sounds Like ba (bhaviṣya)

With हम the future ends in -ब.

How It Works

Stemहम
जाजाब
करकरब
आआउब
देखदेखब

Verbs whose dictionary form ends in -उब keep it: आउब, बताउब, बनाउब. The ending is the same for a man or a woman, and for one person or a group, because हम means both I and we.

Because -ब is also the dictionary form, the same word can be a promise or the name of the verb: हम जाब means I will go, and जाब is "to go". The words around it tell you which.

For no, put नाहीं before it: हम नाहीं जाब. For other people, use -ई, -इहौ or -इहैं.

Examples (5)

  1. हम काल्हि लखनऊ जाब।

    I will go to Lucknow tomorrow.

    जाब is जा plus -ब.

  2. हम सात बजे आउब।

    I will come at seven.

    The हम future of "come" is the same as its dictionary form, आउब.

  3. हम चाय पियब।

    I will have tea.

    पियब is पिय plus -ब.

  4. हम तुमका बताउब।

    I will tell you.

    बताउब is बता plus उब.

  5. हम आजु नाहीं जाब।

    I will not go today.

    नाहीं goes before the verb.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi form जाऊँगा.

    हम काल्हि जाऊँगा।
    हम काल्हि जाब।

    Awadhi adds -ब to the stem.

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Future -बLevel 2Future with हम: -ब

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The हम future looks like the dictionary form, so you need that form and हम.

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