Translating Future Tense Verbs in English to Filipino

We learned how to translate past tense verbs and present tense verbs in English to Filipino in the last two posts. In this post, we’ll look into translating English verbs in the future tense to Filipino. We'll consider the simple future tense and the future continuous tense. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE In English, a verb expressed in the simple future tense talks about an action or event that will take place in some future time. There are two ways to form the simple future tense: (1) using the helping verb will + the base form of the verb (e.g., will eat) and (2) am/is/are + going to + the base form of the verb (e.g., is going to eat). In Filipino, there are no direct equivalents for the words will or going to when expressing the future tense. The Filipino action verb is just conjugated appropriately to express the future tense.…

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