Future Participle: amaturus
About to: Amaturus
Take the fourth dictionary form, drop -um and add -urus to say about to do something.
How It Works
Take the fourth dictionary form, drop -um and add -urus, -ura, -urum. The result agrees with its noun like bonus, bona, bonum.
| Verb | Fourth form | Future participle | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| amare | amatum | amaturus | about to love |
| habere | habitum | habiturus | about to have |
| ducere | ductum | ducturus | about to lead |
| capere | captum | capturus | about to take |
| audire | auditum | auditurus | about to hear |
| venire | ventum | venturus | about to come |
| esse | none | futurus | about to be |
With a form of sum it means be about to do something: Marcus venturus est. It also builds the future infinitive for reported statements: venturum esse, as in Dicit Marcum venturum esse (He says that Marcus will come).
The Creed uses it for the Second Coming, venturus est, and for the world to come, vitam venturi saeculi.
Examples (5)
- Marcus venturus est.
Marcus is about to come.
Venturus is masculine because Marcus is.
- Iulia cantatura est.
Iulia is about to sing.
Cantatura is feminine, so it agrees with Iulia.
- Pueri discessuri sunt.
The boys are about to leave.
Discessuri is masculine plural, like pueri.
- Tu es qui venturus es, an alium exspectamus?
Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for another?
From Matthew 11:3. Venturus es means you are about to come.
- Et iterum venturus est cum gloria iudicare vivos et mortuos.
And he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.
From the Creed. Venturus est means he is about to come.
Common Mistakes
Giving the participle the wrong gender.
Iulia cantaturus est.Iulia cantatura est.The future participle agrees with its subject. Iulia is feminine, so the participle is cantatura.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The future participle is made from the same stem as the perfect participle and is used with sum, so the perfect participle and sum come first.
- Perfect Passive Participle: amatus, ductus, captusThe Participle: Amatus, Ductus, Captus
Know the perfect participle, because the future participle uses the same stem: amatus, amaturus.
Level 4 - sum, es, est, sumus, estis, suntTo Be in Every Person
Know sum, because the participle with a form of sum means about to: Marcus venturus est.
Level 2
Related Patterns
- Present Participle: amans, ducensThe Participle: Amans, Ducens
The participle for an action happening now.
Level 4 - Time in Reported Statements
The future participle builds the future infinitive.
Level 4 - The Four Dictionary Forms of a Verb
The four dictionary forms that the participle comes from.
Foundations
Words in This Pattern
Practice Future Participle: amaturus in Bubblegum
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