-ब for the Future

The Future with हम and अहाँ

Level 2Sounds Like ba (bhaviṣya)

For हम and अहाँ, the future is the dictionary form ending in -ब.

How It Works

PersonFuture of करब
हम, अहाँ, अपनेकरब
तोँकरबह

The verbs जाएब, आएब, खाएब and देखब work the same way: हम जाएब, अहाँ आएब, हम खाएब, अहाँ देखब.

The future has no ending for gender. A man and a woman both say हम जाएब. Hindi would need जाऊँगा or जाऊँगी.

For the negative, put नहि before it: हम नहि जाएब. For other people the future ends in -त or -ताह, which the next entry shows.

The same -ब form also names the action, as in पढ़ब नीक बात अछि (Studying is a good thing). Context tells you which meaning is there.

Examples (5)

  1. हम काल्हि जाएब।

    I will go tomorrow.

    जाएब is the future for हम.

  2. अहाँ कखन आएब?

    When will you come?

    The same form serves अहाँ.

  3. हम माछ खाएब।

    I will eat fish.

    The object does not change the verb.

  4. हम नहि जाएब।

    I will not go.

    नहि goes before the verb.

  5. हम अहाँ केँ फोन करब।

    I will call you.

    करब is the future of करब.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the third-person ending with हम.

    हम काल्हि जाएत।
    हम काल्हि जाएब।

    जाएत is for other people. हम takes -ब.

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-ब for the FutureLevel 2The Future with हम and अहाँ

Learn This First

The -ब future appears with time words and questions about when, so काल्हि and कखन come first.

Learn Next

Patterns that build on this one.