LingoflyThe future in forecasts: Plourà demà, està a punt de ploure
The simple future adds a tail to the verb: -ré, -ràs, -rà, -rem, -reu, -ran. So parlaré, plourà, anirem. This is the tense of forecasts and promises: Demà plourà — it will rain tomorrow. For example: “Demà plourà al matí i farà sol a la tarda” — Tomorrow morning it will rain, and in the afternoon it will be sunny. A rule from the Catalan course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The simple future adds a tail to the verb: -ré, -ràs, -rà, -rem, -reu, -ran. So parlaré, plourà, anirem. This is the tense of forecasts and promises: Demà plourà — it will rain tomorrow.
There is no "anar a" + infinitive frame here. vaig + infinitive means the past — the perfet perifràstic (vaig parlar — I spoke). Mixing them up says the opposite of what was meant.
For something about to happen, Catalan uses estar a punt de + infinitive: El cel està ennuvolat: està a punt de ploure — the sky is cloudy, it is about to rain. For a decided plan, the ordinary present does the job: Aquesta tarda cuino jo — I am cooking this evening.
The simple future is a forecast from the window; "estar a punt de" is what stands at the door.
Table
| form | what it means | example |
|---|---|---|
| futur: -ré, -rà… | forecast, promise | demà plourà |
| estar a punt de + infinitive | about to happen | està a punt de ploure |
| present tense | a decided plan | aquesta tarda cuino jo |
| -rem, -reu | we, you (future) | anirem d'excursió |
By example
- Tomorrow morning it will rain, and in the afternoon it will be sunny
- El pronòstic diu que plourà pel vespreThe forecast says it will rain toward the evening
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
The future in forecasts: how does it work in Catalan?
The simple future adds a tail to the verb: -ré, -ràs, -rà, -rem, -reu, -ran. So parlaré, plourà, anirem. This is the tense of forecasts and promises: Demà plourà — it will rain tomorrow.
What does it look like in a Catalan example sentence?
“Demà plourà al matí i farà sol a la tarda” — Tomorrow morning it will rain, and in the afternoon it will be sunny. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.