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To talk about what *will* happen, Farsi uses a helper verb combined with a shortened form of your main action.

### Forming the Future Tense

The future tense uses the conjugated present tense of **خواستن** (to want) acting as the auxiliary verb "will", followed by the **short infinitive** of your main verb.

To find the short infinitive, simply drop the final **ن** from the full infinitive. For example, **رفتن** (to go) becomes **رفت**, and **دیدن** (to see) becomes **دید**.

Here are the auxiliary forms of **خواستن** used to build the future tense:

| Person | Auxiliary Verb | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1st Singular | **خواهم** | I will |
| 2nd Singular | **خواهی** | You (sg.) will |
| 3rd Singular | **خواهد** | He/She/It will |
| 1st Plural | **خواهیم** | We will |
| 2nd Plural | **خواهید** | You (pl.) will |
| 3rd Plural | **خواهند** | They will |

Here is the formula in action with simple verbs:

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### Compound Verbs in the Future Tense

For compound verbs, the auxiliary splits the compound. Place the conjugated form of **خواستن** *after* the non-verbal part (the noun or adjective) and *before* the short infinitive of the verbal part.

For example, to conjugate **کاوش کردن** (to explore) for "they", combine **کاوش** + **خواهند** + **کرد**:

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Here are a few more examples of the future tense:

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Future tense (khâham)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
astronaut	فضانوردfazânavard
space	فضاfazâ
Astronauts will go to space.	فضانوردان به فضا خواهند رفت.fazânavardân be fazâ khâhand raft.
technology	تکنولوژیteknolozhi
planet	سیارهsayyâre
to explore	کاوش کردنkâvesh kardan
They will explore this planet with new technology.	آنها با تکنولوژی جدید این سیاره را کاوش خواهند کرد.ânhâ bâ teknolozhi jadid in sayyâre râ kâvosh khâhand kard.
robot	رباتrobât
base	پایگاهpâygâh
The robots will build a base there.	ربات‌ها یک پایگاه در آنجا خواهند ساخت.robât-hâ yek pâygâh dar ânjâ khâhand sâkht.
These astronauts will arrive at the second planet.	این فضانوردان به دومین سیاره خواهند رسید.in fazânavardân be dovvomin sayyâre khâhand resid.
Mars	مریخmerrikh
The first astronaut will explore Mars.	اولین فضانورد مریخ را کاوش خواهد کرد.avvalin fazânavard merrikh râ kâvosh khâhad kard.
We have used this technology in space.	ما از این تکنولوژی در فضا استفاده کرده‌ایم.mâ az in teknolozhi dar fazâ estefâde karde-im.
spaceship	سفینهsafine
The student was repairing the robot's spaceship.	دانشجو داشت سفینه‌ی ربات را تعمیر می‌کرد.dâneshju dâsht safine-ye robât râ ta'mir mikard.
We will build the first base on Mars.	ما اولین پایگاه را در مریخ خواهیم ساخت.mâ avvalin pâygâh râ dar merrikh khâhim sâkht
The astronaut will send a robot to the spaceship.	فضانورد یک ربات به سفینه خواهد فرستاد.fazânavard yek robât be safine khâhad ferestâd.
rocket	موشکmushak
sun	خورشیدkhorshid
The astronaut will send this rocket to the sun.	فضانورد این موشک را به خورشید خواهد فرستاد.fazânavard in mushak râ be khorshid khâhad ferestâd.
These people will build new rockets in space.	اینان در فضا موشک‌های جدید خواهند ساخت.inân dar fazâ mushak-hâ-ye jadid khâhand sâkht.
We will see the sun from another planet.	ما خورشید را از سیاره‌ای دیگر خواهیم دید.mâ khorshid râ az sayyâre'i digar khâhim did.
human	انسانensân
A robot can go to Mars, but humans will build a base.	ربات می‌تواند به مریخ برود، اما انسان‌ها یک پایگاه خواهند ساخت.robât mitavânad be merrikh beravad, ammâ ensân-hâ yek pâygâh khâhand sâkht.
Humans will one day go to Mars.	انسان روزی به مریخ خواهد رفت.ensân ruzi be merrikh khâhad raft.

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