Learn how to form the future tense
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Maya: Namaste, I'm Maya. Welcome back to HindiPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner, Season 1, Lesson 12 - Travel to the Future in India with Bollywood! |
| Udita: Namaste, मैं उदिता हूँ। (main uDiTaa huun.). I'm Udita. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create the future tense in Hindi. |
| Maya: The conversation takes place in the office. |
| Udita: It's between Kate and Arti. |
| Maya: Since they are friends, they will be using informal Hindi. |
| Udita: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| आरती (aaraTii): कल शाहरुख़ की नई फ़िल्म आ रही है। (kaL saaharukh kii Nayii fiLm aa rahii hai.) |
| केट (ket): सच में? (Sac men?) |
| आरती (aaraTii): क्या तुम मेरे साथ देखने चलोगी? (kyaa Tum mere SaaTH DekhaNe caLogii?) |
| केट (ket): हाँ, मैं ज़रूर चलूँगी! (haan, main zaruur caLuungii.) |
| Maya: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| आरती (aaraTii): कल शाहरुख़ की नई फ़िल्म आ रही है। (kaL saaharukh kii Nayii fiLm aa rahii hai.) |
| केट (ket): सच में? (Sac men?) |
| आरती (aaraTii): क्या तुम मेरे साथ देखने चलोगी? (kyaa Tum mere SaaTH DekhaNe caLogii?) |
| केट (ket): हाँ, मैं ज़रूर चलूँगी! (haan, main zaruur caLuungii.) |
| Maya: Now let's hear it with the English translation. |
| आरती (aaraTii): कल शाहरुख़ की नई फ़िल्म आ रही है। (kaL saaharukh kii Nayii fiLm aa rahii hai.) |
| Arti: Shahrukh’s new movie is coming out tomorrow. |
| केट (ket): सच में? (Sac men?) |
| Kate: Really? |
| आरती (aaraTii): क्या तुम मेरे साथ देखने चलोगी? (kyaa Tum mere SaaTH DekhaNe caLogii?) |
| Arti: Will you come see it with me? |
| केट (ket): हाँ, मैं ज़रूर चलूँगी! (haan, main zaruur caLuungii.) |
| Kate: Yes, I will definitely go. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Udita: Maya, speaking of movies, let’s talk about Bollywood! |
| Maya: Bollywood is part of the Indian film industry and forms a major part of India’s culture and tradition these days. |
| Udita: The movies and stars both seem to gain huge popularity everywhere, as they are being watched all over the world. |
| Maya: Well, the fact that some of the most popular Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan have their own wax statues at Madame Tussauds museum is proof enough. |
| Udita: That’s right! These stars, including Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit, have a huge following around the world. |
| Maya: One of the major French perfume brands, Jeanne Arthes, has even named a new fragrance after Bollywood star, Shah Rukh Khan. |
| Maya: It's also said that Bollywood is incomplete without the contributions of the ‘chocolate hero’ Aamir Khan. |
| Udita: Yes! His film "Lagaan" was the third Indian film to be nominated at the Oscars. |
| Maya: These Bollywood stars are shining brighter than ever! |
| Udita: They sure are! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Maya: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is... |
| Udita: कल (kaL). |
| Maya: "tomorrow." |
| Udita: कल (kaL), कल (kaL). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: नई (Nayii). |
| Maya: "new." |
| Udita: नई (Nayii), नई (Nayii). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: फ़िल्म (film). |
| Maya: "movie." |
| Udita: फ़िल्म (film), फ़िल्म (film). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: सच (Sac). |
| Maya: "real." |
| Udita: सच (Sac), सच (Sac). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: क्या (kyaa). |
| Maya: "will /do." |
| Udita: क्या (kyaa), क्या (kyaa). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: साथ (SaaTH). |
| Maya: "with." |
| Udita: साथ (SaaTH), साथ (SaaTH). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: देखने (DekhaNe). |
| Maya: "to see." |
| Udita: देखने (DekhaNe), देखने (DekhaNe). |
| Maya: Next... |
| Udita: ज़रूर (zaruur). |
| Maya: "surely." |
| Udita: ज़रूर (zaruur), ज़रूर (zaruur). |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Maya: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Udita: First, we have कल (kaL). This word can be used for both "yesterday" and "tomorrow." |
| Maya: How can you tell whether the speaker is referring to the past or the future? |
| Udita: We can easily understand that from the context and verb form used in a sentence. |
| Maya: But in certain contexts, कल (kaL) can also be used not to indicate "tomorrow," but to denote an undefined time in the future. |
| Udita: For example, कल का क्या पता? (kaL kaa kyaa paTaa?) |
| Maya: Which means “who knows about tomorrow?” Here we are referring to the future in general and not a particular time such as “tomorrow” specifically. |
| Udita: Next, we have नया (Nayaa), which means “new.” It is an inflected adjective that changes according to the number and gender of the noun it is being used for. |
| Maya: In our conversation, “film” is a feminine noun, so we used नयी (Nayii). |
| Udita: To use it for plural subjects we say नए (Naye). For example, नए जूते (Naye juuTe) which means “new shoes.” What’s next? |
| Maya: सच (Sac), which means "real." में (men) is a postposition which means "in." So, सच में (Sac men) becomes “real in” which translates as “in reality” or we can say it simply means "really." And we can simply change our tone to make it a question or express surprise. |
| Udita: Next, चलोगी (caLogii) means “Will you come?” |
| Maya: The prefix ओगे /ओगी (oge /ogii) can be added to the root of the verb to offer someone to do something. |
| Udita: For example, we could say, खाओगे? (khaaoge?) to a male which means “will you eat?” |
| Maya: To ask the same to a female, we’d say खाओगी? (khaaogii?). |
| Udita: Let’s try another example – खेलोगे? (kheLoge?), meaning “Will you play?” when asking a male. |
| Maya: खेलोगी? (kheLogii?) to ask a female the same thing. |
| Udita: Okay, now let’s move onto the grammar. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Maya: In this lesson, we’re going to learn the future tense in Hindi. |
| Udita: The future tense represents an action yet to take place or a state yet to come into being. |
| Maya: The future tense is very important if you ever want to make plans with someone. |
| Udita: But don’t worry, the rule is pretty simple. |
| Maya: For first person, we simply add ऊँगा (uungaa), ऊँगी (uungii), or एंगे (enge) to the root of the verb depending on the gender and number of the noun. |
| Udita: पढूँगा (padhuungaa) means “will read” (when said by a male), पढूँगी (padhuungii) means “will read” when said by a female, and पढेंगे (padhenge) means “will read” when said by a group of people. |
| Maya: What if we were to expand on those and make sentences? |
| Udita: We could say, मैं किताब पढ़ूँगा। (main kiTaab padhuungaa.) meaning “I will read a book.” when said by a male. If you are a female, you'd say, मैं किताब पढ़ूँगी। (main kiTaab padhuungii.), and if you are a group of people you'd say, हम किताब पढ़ेंगे। (ham kiTaab padhenge.). |
| Maya: Let’s practice with another example. |
| Udita: जाऊँगा (jaaungaa) means “will go” when said by a male, जाऊँगी (jauungii) means “will go” when said by a female, and जाएंगे (jaayenge) means “will go” when said by a group of people. |
| Maya: To expand on those and make sentences, we could say... |
| Udita: “I will go to Japan.” when said by a male is मैं जापान जाऊँगा। (main jaapaaN jaauungaa.), and if you are a female you'd say, मैं जापान जाऊँगी। (main jaapaaN jaauungii.) |
| Maya: If you are a group of people, you'd say, |
| Udita: हम जापान जाएंगे। (ham jaapaaN jaayenge.) |
| Maya: Listeners, it’s time for a quiz! How would you say this sentence in the future tense, मैं फ़िल्म देख रही हूँ। (main fiLm Dekh rahii huun.), said by a female? This means "I am watching a movie." |
| Udita: मैं फ़िल्म देखूँगी। (main fiLm Dekhuungii.). This means "I will watch a movie." |
| Maya: Okay one more! हम वह इस महीने ख़रीद रहे हैं। (ham vah iS mahiiNe khariiD rahe hain.). "We are buying it this month." |
| Udita: हम वह इस महीने ख़रीदेंगे। (ham vah iS mahiiNe khariiDenge.). This means "We will buy it this month." |
| Maya: Let's see how this grammar point was used in the dialogue. |
| Udita: In the dialog, Arti asks Kate if she will come to the see a movie. So she says, क्या तुम मेरे साथ देखने चलोगी? (kyaa Tum mere SaaTH DekhaNe caLogii?) which means “Will you come see it with me?” |
| Maya: And to this, Kate replies हाँ, मैं ज़रूर चलूँगी! (haan, main zaruur caLuungii!) which means “Yes, I will definitely go!” |
| Maya: Well, that’s all we have in this lesson. |
| Udita: Please check the lesson notes for more examples and explanations on this topic. |
| Maya: They will be a lot of help! |
Outro |
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| Udita: Listeners, can you say “I will meet you tomorrow.” in Hindi? If you can, please leave us a comment saying it at HindiPod101.com. |
| Maya: Thank you for listening. See you next time! |
| Udita: शुक्रिया और फिर मिलेंगे! (sukriyaa aur phir miLenge!) |
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