A2 · Elementary Chapter 19

Future Tense Intentions

4 Total Rules
10 examples
1 min
Rules in This Chapter Quick Practice

Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of planning your future and expressing intentions in fluent Kannada.

  • Conjugate standard Kannada verbs into the future tense.
  • Express personal intentions using the -uvenu suffix.
  • Formulate negative statements for future plans.
Speak your future into existence today.

What You'll Learn

Learn to express plans and future actions. Conjugate verbs for the future tense.

Learning Objectives

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

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    By the end you will be able to: Conjugate regular verbs in the simple future tense.

Key Examples (2)

1

Naanu naale baruttene.

I will come tomorrow.

Future Intentions: Saying 'I will' (-uvenu)
2

Naavu sanje cinema noduvevu.

We will watch a movie this evening.

Future Intentions: Saying 'I will' (-uvenu)

Tips & Tricks (3)

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Focus on the root

Always find the root first. It makes conjugation much easier.
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The Spoken Shortcut

If you find -uvenu too long, just use the present tense ending -teeni (e.g., maadteeni). It’s what 99% of people use in Bangalore.
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Keep it simple

Don't overcomplicate with extra words. Just root + ಬಹುದು.
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Key Vocabulary (5)

hōgu to go māḍu to do nāḷe tomorrow bahuvē probably bēḍa will not

Real-World Preview

calendar

Weekend Planning

Review Summary

  • Stem + uttēne
  • Subject + Verb-uvenu
  • Bahuvē + Verb
  • Verb + illa/bēḍa

Common Mistakes

You must add the tense suffix; the root form is not enough for future tense.

Wrong: Nānu hōgu
Correct: Nānu hōguttēne

Negation must be attached to the verb correctly.

Wrong: Nānu bahuvē hōguttēne illa
Correct: Nānu bahuvē hōguvudilla

Word order is flexible, but keeping the subject first is safest.

Wrong: Nānu nāḷe hōguttēne
Correct: Nānu nāḷe hōguttēne (Correct, but watch word order)

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job! Keep practicing these future forms in your daily life.

Write 5 sentences about your goals for next month.

Continue to: Comparatives and Superlatives

Quick Practice (10)

Fill in the blank with the correct future form of 'hogu' (to go) for 'Naanu'.

ನಾನು ನಾಳೆ ಮೈಸೂರಿಗೆ ______. (Naanu naale Mysurige ______.)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಹೋಗುವೆನು
'Naanu' (I) takes the '-uvenu' ending for formal future intentions.

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Fill in the blank.

ನಾನು ನಾಳೆ ___ (ಬರು).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಬರಬಹುದು
Probability requires -ಬಹುದು.

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Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಅವನು ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ
3rd person singular masculine ending is -āne.

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Which sentence correctly says 'She will do'?

Choose the correct feminine future form:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಅವಳು ಮಾಡುವಳು (Avalu maaduvalu)
The suffix '-uvalu' is specifically for singular feminine subjects like 'Avalu'.

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Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

naanu hogu illa

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: naanu hoguvudilla
Needs the full suffix.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Future Negation

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

ಅವನು ಹೋಗುತ್ತೇನೆಬಹುದು.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಅವನು ಹೋಗಬಹುದು
Remove redundant tense.

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Fill in the correct future tense form.

ನಾನು ನಾಳೆ ಶಾಲೆಗೆ ___ (ಹೋಗು).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ಹೋಗುತ್ತೇನೆ
1st person singular ending is -ēne.

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Fix the mistake in this sentence about a group plan.

Find and fix the mistake:

ನಾವು ಊಟ ಮಾಡುವೆನು. (Naavu oota maaduvenu.)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ನಾವು ಊಟ ಮಾಡುವೆವು (Naavu oota maaduvevu)
'Naavu' (We) requires the plural ending '-uvevu', not the singular '-uvenu'.

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Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: naanu hoguvudilla
Standard future negative.

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Correct the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

ನಾನು ನಾಳೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ನಾನು ನಾಳೆ ಬರುತ್ತೇನೆ
Subject-verb agreement.

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Common Questions (6)

The suffix depends on the subject (I, you, he, etc.). Use the conjugation table as a guide.
No, they have different suffixes. Present uses -iddēne, future uses -uvēne.
The most basic formal way is adding -uvenu to the verb root. For example, maadu (do) becomes maaduvenu (I will do).
Yes! In spoken Kannada, using the present habitual (e.g., naale bartheeni - I am coming tomorrow) is actually more common than the formal future.
Yes, by using the past participle + ಇರಬಹುದು (e.g., ಬಂದಿರಬಹುದು - might have come).
It is neutral and used in all registers.
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