Lesson 23 - Future Tense - Verb To Be

The Verb To Be - Future Tense

The future tense of the verb to be is formed by adding pral, ap, or ape after the subject.

I will be late. - M pral anreta.

We will be surprised. - Nou pral sezi.

This will be a great day.Sa pral yon gran jou.

She will be a great painter.Li pral yon gran pent.

Those will be ripe. Sa yo pral mi.

That car will be yours. Machin sa pral pa w.

These shoes will be hers.Soulye sa yo pral pa li.
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Let’s review. Translate the following sentences.

1. The oranges will be ripe.

2. That house will be mine.
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Negative and Future Tense of the verb To Be = Subject + Pa + Pral

or

Contracted form = Subject + Pap

Example:

Regular form:  M pa pral la.(I will not be here.)
Contracted:M p'ap l.a(Iwill not be here.)

Regular form:M pa pral nan machin nan. (I will not be in the car.)
Contracted:M p'ap nan machin nan. (I will not be in the car)

Regular form:  Chantal pa pral chante.(Chantal will not sing)
Contracted:Chantal p'ap chante. (Chantal will not sing)

Regular form:Zoranj yo pa pral mi. (The oranges will not be ripe)
Contracted: Zoranj yo p'ap mi.  (The oranges will not be ripe.)

Regular form:Ti Bebe a pa pral la. (The little baby won't be there)
Contracted:Ti Bebe a p'ap  la. (The little baby won't be there)

Regular form: Li pa pral nan bato a. (She will not be on the boat)
Contracted form:Li p'ap nan bato a. (She will not be on the boat.)


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Regular form:Tika p'ap kontan.(Tika will not be happy)
Contracted:Tika p'ap pral kontan. (Tika will not be happy)
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Let’s practice what we have learned about the verb TO BE so far. Translate the following sentences.

1. I am hungry.

2. I am not hungry.

3. I was hungry.

4. I was not hungry.

5. I will be hungry.

6. I wil not be hungry

7. She is in the crowd

8. She is not in the crowd

9. She was in the crowd

10. She was not in the crowd

11. She will be in the crowd

12. She will not be in the crowd.

Find answer key at the bottom of this page.

1.m grangou    2.m pa grangou    3.m te grangou    4.m pa te grangou    5.m pral grangou    6.m pa pral grangou    7.Li nan foul la    8.li pa nan foul la    9.li te nan foul la    10.li pa te nan foul la    11.li pral nan foul la    12.li pa pral nan foul la

 

On lesson 23, the future tense post) you wrote the sentence, Machin sa pral pa w. Why the pa, if its not a negative sentence? (THE CAR WILL BE YOURS)

In that case I was talking about the possessive pronouns:

If you were using the following possessive pronouns and you needed to make a negative sentence, you would have to use yet another "pa" in your sentence. See examples below. Hope this helps.

The followings are possessive pronouns

pa mwen (pa m) → mine

pa ou (pa w) →yours

pa li (pa l) →his, hers

pa nou (pa n) →ours

pa yo → theirs

Examples:
 

Sa se pa m. -This mine.

Manje sa se pa w. -this food is yours.

Liv sa se pa li. -The book is his.

Kay la se pa nou. -The house is ours.

Magazen an se pa yo. - The store is theirs.

Kote pa m?- Where is mine?

Using negative sentences

Manje sa se pa pa w. -This food is not yours

Liv sa se pa pa m. -This book is not mine.