There is one tense in Arabic that expresses the future, Un like English which contains more than One tense and they all express the future but each tense is characterized by its way of expressing the future and using in the sentence as well as the way of drafting it .
And in our lesson today , We will talk about the one of these tenses that express the future, which is the future continues tense . we will review it in a smooth and simple way in term of usage and composition in the different cases.
First – When we use the future continues?
The uses of this tense are varied so we will recognize them and explain every single use with many examples .
1-The future continues tense expresses Two or more event that will occur in the future at the same time as an example :
-I will be getting myself ready for the game when they are on the way .
-She will be buying her dress when her husband buys a suit.
2-This tense is also used when we refer to an event or act that will be occur in the future and will continues for a certain time for examples :
-Samar will be preparing for the prom all week.
-My mother will be working at this company for a whole year .
3-And also one of the most famous and notable uses of this tense is using to indicate an ongoing event in the future that will be interrupted by another event is shorter than the First .
For example :
-My aunt will be having her baby when I get married.
-My grandmother will be cooking by the time I get back from the club .
And so we have learned about the uses of the future continues and we can conclude that this tense expresses continuity in the future events and now we move on to the second part of our lesson is how to formulate the future continues tense .
How formulate the future continues tense?
First of all we have to know that there are Two formulas that we can use them to express this tense and we will recognize each formula in terms of how its formulate in the different cases .
First version→ Will be
| Example | Formation | Case |
|---|---|---|
| I will be buying an expensive toy to my son in the next vacation | Subject + will be + verb + ing | Affirmation |
| He will not be attending the business dinner because he will be traveling | Subject + Will + not + be + verb + ing | Negative |
| ?Will Shady be going to the tourist resort | ?Will + subject + be + verb + ing | Questioning |
Second version → Going to
| Example | Formation | Case |
|---|---|---|
| Salma is going to opening her beauty center next Friday | Am /is/ are + going to + verb + ing | Affirmation |
| I am not going to getting in to the cinema in this hustle | Am /is / are + not + going to + verb + ing | Negative |
| ?Are your parents going to leaving the house | Am / is / are + subject + going to + verb + ?ing | Questioning |