The future: anar a + infinitive
The colloquial future is "to go" + infinitive: vaig, vas, va, anem, aneu, van + a + verb. For example: “Demà vaig agafar 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 colloquial future is "to go" + infinitive: vaig, vas, va, anem, aneu, van + a + verb.
Demà vaig agafar el tren — tomorrow I will take the train. The bookish future on -ré, -ràs, -rà (agafaré, sortirà) lives in letters and notices. "Anar" itself has no colloquial form: only the bookish aniré, anirà — "tot anirà bé".
Table
| colloquial | bookish | |
|---|---|---|
| I | vaig agafar | agafaré |
| you | vas agafar | agafaràs |
| he / she | va agafar | agafarà |
| we | anem a agafar | agafarem |
By example
- Demà vaig agafar el tren de les vuitTomorrow I will take the eight o'clock train
- Aquesta tarda anem a fer les maletesTonight we will pack the suitcases
- No pateixis: tot anirà béDo 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
The future: how does it work in Catalan?
The colloquial future is "to go" + infinitive: vaig, vas, va, anem, aneu, van + a + verb.
What does it look like in an example sentence Catalan?
“Demà vaig agafar 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.