The future - don't be tense!

I can do some present tense stuff.
I can do some past tense stuff as long as it's in the most basic form possible.
But I worry about the future.

For a while I've been saying things like

Ja przyniose... (I usually put an -a on the end of whatever it is I'm going to bring if it's masculine, an -e if it's feminine, it varies if it's neuter)
Będę za pięć minut (which I say when I'm going to disappear for between ten second and half an hour)
... and one or two more creative, yet inaccurate phrases / sentences.

But if I just want to say a few simple things like:

I will go / do / eat / sleep
You will do some work
They will change their minds
Admin will delete this thread like some of my other serious translation threads.

You know - the basic verbs - future style!

We all do.

There are three ways of creating the future tense:

1/ A simple one (imperfective verbs):
(pronoun) + być (in the conjugated, future tense form) + infinitive of the verb in question.
I will see Mark next week = (Ja) Będę się widzieć z Markiem w przyszłym tygodniu.
Everything will work (fine) = Wszystko będzie działać.

2/ A less simple one (imperfective verbs, so I suggest using the first one, but for your understanding I present also the second option):
(pronoun) + być (in the conjugated, future tense form) + past tense form of the verb in question (the correct person, 1st, 2nd or 3rd, singular or plural, and as you know with the past tense you need the correct gender - male/femele/neuter).
I will see Mark next week = (Ja) Będę się widziała z Markiem w przyszłym tygodniu. (if a female speaks) / (Ja) Będę się widział z Markiem w przyszłym tygodniu. (if a male speaks).
Everything will work (fine) = Wszystko będzie działało (wszystko = neuter gender).

3/ The regular one (perfective verbs):
this looks apparently like the present tense, but since the perfective verbs don't have the present tense, it's the future one :)
See examples provided by other posters below.

pójdę/ zrobię / zjem (będę jadł)


Pójde popracować.


Rozmyślą się.

What kind of rules are there to the future tense?
Does it have complications like the past does?
Do I worry too much about the future?

Cześć Osioł. Hello Osioł.

Spróbuję ci pomóc. I will try to help you.

I will go / do / eat / sleep.
Ja pójdę/ zrobię/ zjem/ zasnę

You will do some work
Popracujesz or zrobisz

They will change their minds
"Oni zmienią zdanie" or "Oni się rozmyślą"

Admin will delete this thread like some of my other serious translation threads.
Admin skasuje ten wątek tak jak i inne moje poważne wątki dotyczące tłumaczenia.

I will replace all that tobacco tomorrow that I borrowed off you today.

So there seems to be a z- thing, and a po- thing. Maybe even a roz- thing?
I knew it would be confusing.

Jutro oddam cały tytoń ktory pożyczyłem od ciebie dzisiaj.

But.... wait! I don't smoke. :)


Don't ask me. I only speak this language ;)


It is?

Most verbs have perfective and imperfective form. If you understand the concept then the first hurdle is out of the way.

For perfective the rule is mostly simple:

[prefix]+present tense of the verb appropriate for the Subject.

for instance z+robię, za+niosę


The prefix is sometimes optional: zarobię. No rules for those AFAIK, just need to know what they are (perfective or not). Kinda, sorta like transitive/intransitive in English. You need to know which verbs are which.


Imperfective form is basically:

future tense of być + infinitive or past form of verb. )past form appropriate to the Subject, for instance: (ja) bedę robić/bede robił.

I'm not going through examples of all persons as I understand you can work these out all by yourself.

These are some basic hints. There is more but I hope you expected that ;)

Just an example (to my previous post, now in an exciting new, edited and expanded, version!)
the verb "to bring"
przynieść (perfective) - przynosić (imperfective)
Present tense:
- (none) - Przynoszę dobrą wiadomość (I'm bringing a good news)
Future tense:
- Przyniosę piwo (I'll bring beer) - Będę przynosić/przynosił (or "przynosiła") ci same dobre wieści (I'll be bringing you only good news)

And how about, "We'll bring the beer"

Will you, really?
"Przyniesiemy piwo."