Will Be
יהיה and its related forms mean will be in a suitable sentence. The subject determines the form; in standard possession, the possessed thing controls agreement.
How It Works
The Common Future Forms
Learn אני אהיה, אתה תהיה, את תהיי, הוא יהיה, היא תהיה, אנחנו נהיה, אתם/אתן תהיו and הם/הן יהיו. Masculine you and she share תהיה. The female singular addressee uses תהיי. Literary feminine plural alternatives may occur in formal texts.
A Future Predicate
Use the future form with a noun, adjective or place phrase: היא תהיה מורה; מחר נהיה בבית. An adjective still agrees separately: אני אהיה עייפה for a female speaker and אני אהיה עייף for a male speaker. Put לא before the future verb to negate it.
Existence and Possession
Standard יהיה לי זמן, תהיה לי מחברת and יהיו לי ספרים agree with זמן, מחברת and ספרים. The possessor’s ל-form stays the same. Future existence also uses יהיה without a possessor, as in יהיה זמן לדבר, there will be time to talk.
Examples (4)
- מחר אהיה בבית.
I will be at home tomorrow.
אהיה identifies I.
- את תהיי מורה.
You will be a teacher.
תהיי addresses one female listener.
- אנחנו לא נהיה שם.
We will not be there.
לא negates the future we form.
- תהיה לי מחברת חדשה.
I will have a new notebook.
תהיה agrees with feminine מחברת.
Common Mistakes
Using the masculine singular future with a standard feminine possessed noun.
יהיה לי מחברת.תהיה לי מחברת.In this standard construction, feminine מחברת controls תהיה.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Add future time to familiar nominal descriptions and present possession, using actual יהיה forms and agreement with the possessed noun where appropriate.
- אנחנו / אתם / אתןWe and Plural You
Add future time to familiar nominal descriptions and present possession, using actual יהיה forms and agreement with the possessed noun where appropriate.
Level 1 - Present Sentences Without Is
Add future time to familiar nominal descriptions and present possession, using actual יהיה forms and agreement with the possessed noun where appropriate.
Level 1 - יש לי / אין ליSaying What You Have
Add future time to familiar nominal descriptions and present possession, using actual יהיה forms and agreement with the possessed noun where appropriate.
Level 1