Latin A2: What will be: the future · Grammar

The future has two patterns. Verbs in -are and long -ere add -b-: amabo, amabis, amabit, amabimus, amabitis, amabunt; monebo. Verbs in short -ere and -ire change the vowel: regam, reges, reget, regemus, regetis, regent; audiam, audies. esse: ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt. Careful: reges is “you will rule”, regis “you rule”.

• ero — I will be
• cras — tomorrow
• mox — soon
• postea — afterwards
• deinde — next, then
• numquam — never
• iter — journey, route
• navigare — to sail

• Cras veniam. — I’ll come tomorrow.
• Mox videbimus. — We shall soon see.
• Numquam te relinquam. — I will never leave you.
• Iter longum erit. — The journey will be long.