LingoflyTomorrow: the future on -é, -às, -à
The future grows out of the verb itself: the ending goes onto the whole word. agafar → agafaré — I will take. Then -às, -à, -em, -eu, -an. For example: “Demà agafaré el tren de les vuit” — Tomorrow I will take the eight o'clock train. A rule from the Catalan course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The future grows out of the verb itself: the ending goes onto the whole word. agafar → agafaré — I will take. Then -às, -à, -em, -eu, -an.
Demà agafaré el tren — tomorrow I will take the train. This is the ordinary future, spoken and written alike.
Here is the trap. vaig agafar is not tomorrow but yesterday: "I took". There is no "going to" frame with vaig a + infinitive here at all. Mix up vaig with a future and you end up talking about yesterday.
Table
| tomorrow | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| I | agafaré | vaig agafar |
| you | agafaràs | vas agafar |
| he / she | agafarà | va agafar |
| we | agafarem | vam agafar |
By example
- Aquesta tarda farem les maletesTonight we will pack the suitcases
- Do not worry: everything will be fine
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Tomorrow: how does it work in Catalan?
The future grows out of the verb itself: the ending goes onto the whole word. agafar → agafaré — I will take. Then -às, -à, -em, -eu, -an.
What does it look like in a Catalan example sentence?
“Demà agafaré el tren de les vuit” — Tomorrow I will take the eight o'clock train. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.