A2 · Elemental Capítulo 20

Future Plans

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Master the art of talking about tomorrow, from solid plans to wild guesses in Romanian.

  • Construct the standard future tense using the auxiliary verb 'a vrea'.
  • Express personal intentions and professional goals clearly.
  • Make predictions about the weather, life, and events.
Speak about your future with confidence and clarity.

Lo que aprenderás

Forming the future tense using the auxiliary 'a vrea'. Expressing intentions and predictions.

  • Future Tense Formation
    Build the Romanian future by pairing a helper word with the infinitive verb minus its initial 'a'.
  • Future Intentions
    Simply put o să before your verb to talk about any future plan or intention naturally.
  • Predictions
    Predict the future by combining the auxiliary 'voi/vei/va...' with the main verb's dictionary form without 'a'.
  • Colloquial Future
    Master o să plus the subjunctive to speak natural, conversational Romanian like a native in everyday situations.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: Conjugate regular verbs in the future tense to describe your schedule.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: Differentiate between a formal intention and a casual, colloquial plan.

Ejemplos clave (8)

1

Mâine voi merge la mare.

Tomorrow I will go to the seaside.

Future Tense Formation
2

Noi vom vizita muzeul sâmbătă.

We will visit the museum on Saturday.

Future Tense Formation
3

Mâine o să merg la sala de sport.

Tomorrow I am going to go to the gym.

Future Intentions
4

O să plouă în după-amiaza asta.

It is going to rain this afternoon.

Future Intentions
5

Mâine va ploua în toată țara.

Tomorrow it will rain across the whole country.

Predictions
6

Voi termina proiectul până vineri.

I will finish the project by Friday.

Predictions
7

O să merg la magazin mai târziu.

I will go to the store later.

Colloquial Future
8

O să plouă diseară.

It is going to rain this evening.

Colloquial Future

Consejos y trucos (4)

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The 'Vreau' Connection

If you forget the helpers, remember they are just shorter versions of 'a vrea' (to want). Voi, vei, va... they all sound like wanting the future to happen!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Tense Formation
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The 'O' is your Anchor

Don't try to change the 'o' to 'eu' or 'tu'. It's a static particle. It stays 'o' forever and ever.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Intentions
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The 'V' Rule

Notice that every single auxiliary for the future starts with the letter 'V'. This makes them easy to spot in a sentence!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predictions
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The 'O' is your best friend

Never change the 'o'! It stays 'o' for I, you, we, and they. It's the easiest part of Romanian.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Colloquial Future

Vocabulario clave (5)

mâine tomorrow a vrea to want (auxiliary) a plănui to plan poate maybe weekend weekend

Real-World Preview

calendar

Planning the Weekend

Review Summary

  • voi/vei/va/vom/veți/vor + infinitive
  • o să + present tense

Errores comunes

The auxiliary 'voi' must be followed by the full infinitive, not the present tense stem.

Wrong: Eu voi merg
Correcto: Eu voi merge

Do not combine the formal future auxiliary with the colloquial 'o să'. Choose one!

Wrong: O să voi merge
Correcto: O să merg

After 'va', use the infinitive form, not the conjugated present tense.

Wrong: Va fi plouă
Correcto: Va ploua

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job! Keep practicing these forms daily and you will be fluent in no time. See you in the next chapter!

Write your daily schedule for tomorrow using only the future tense.

Continue to: Comparing Everything

Práctica rápida (10)

Complete the sentence for 'they' (ei).

Ei ___ lucra la proiectul nou.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: vor
The auxiliary for third person plural (they) is 'vor'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Tense Formation

Identify the correct negative future form.

Eu ___ întârzia la ședință.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: nu voi
In Romanian, 'nu' always comes before the auxiliary verb in the future tense.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predictions

Pick the right verb form to follow 'o să' for 'We are going to drink'.

Diseară o să ___ o bere cu prietenii.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: bem
The verb must match the subject 'Noi' (we), so 'bem' is the correct present/subjunctive form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Intentions

Choose the correct auxiliary for the first person singular (I).

Eu ___ citi această carte diseară.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: voi
For 'eu' (I), the correct auxiliary is always 'voi'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Tense Formation

Choose the correct form for 'They are going to buy a car'.

Ei ___ să cumpere o mașină nouă.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: o să
The full phrase 'o să' is required before the verb 'cumpere'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Intentions

Select the correct form of the verb 'a veni' (to come) in the future.

Maria ___ la petrecere.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: va veni
Maria is 'ea' (she), so we use 'va' + the infinitive without 'a'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Tense Formation

Choose the correct form for 'They will come'.

Ei o să ___ mâine.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
'Vină' is the 3rd person plural subjunctive form of 'a veni'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Colloquial Future

Complete the sentence with the correct future form of 'a fi' (to be).

Mâine ___ o zi frumoasă.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: va fi
The subject is 'o zi' (it), so we use 'va' + the infinitive 'fi'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predictions

Choose the correct auxiliary for the first person plural (we).

Noi ___ vizita bunicii weekend-ul viitor.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: vom
For 'noi' (we), the correct auxiliary is always 'vom'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predictions

Complete the sentence to say 'I am going to travel' next week.

Săptămâna viitoare ___ să călătoresc în Spania.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: o
In spoken Romanian, we use the fixed particle 'o' before 'să' for future intentions.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Intentions

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Preguntas frecuentes (6)

It is called Viitorul I or the 'Standard Future'. It is the most common formal way to express future actions.
Actually, it is much easier! You don't have to learn new endings for every verb, just the six helper words.
It is a particle used to indicate the future. It doesn't have a direct translation on its own, but together with a verb, it means 'will' or 'going to'.
No, there is also the formal future using voi and the present tense for near-future events. However, o să is the most common in speech.
In daily speech, people use o să + subjunctive. However, for predictions and formal writing, the voi + infinitive form is the standard.
No, that is the best part! The main verb stays in the infinitive (minus the a). Only the helper verb voi, vei, etc., changes.
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