The future: the present speaks about tomorrow
There is a bookish future with a long helper word. Living speech does something simpler: it uses the present and lets farda do the work. Farda miram — tomorrow I go, said of a plan already made. Mikhaam otaqh begiram — I am going to take a room, literally "I want to take". The ghatatr departs at six — a timetable, stated in the present. Context, not grammar, sorts today from tomorrow; the shortened forms in the…
How it works
There is a bookish future with a long helper word. Living speech does something simpler: it uses the present and lets farda do the work. Farda miram — tomorrow I go, said of a plan already made. Mikhaam otaqh begiram — I am going to take a room, literally "I want to take". The ghatatr departs at six — a timetable, stated in the present. Context, not grammar, sorts today from tomorrow; the shortened forms in the table are the ones you will actually hear.
Table
| Who | Form | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | میرم | mi-ram | I will go |
| you | میری | mi-ri | you will go |
| he, she | میره | mi-re | he will go |
| we | میریم | mi-rim | we will go |
| you (pl.) | میرید | mi-rid | you will go |
| they | میرن | mi-ran | they will go |
By example
- فردا میرومfardâ mi-râmTomorrow I will go
- میخوام اتاق بگیرمmi-khâm âtâgh begiramI am going to take a room
- قطار ساعت شش میرهghâtar sâât shesh mi-reThe train leaves at six
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 Persian?
There is a bookish future with a long helper word. Living speech does something simpler: it uses the present and lets farda do the work. Farda miram — tomorrow I go, said of a plan already made. Mikhaam otaqh begiram — I am going to take a room, literally "I want to take". The ghatatr departs at…
What does it look like in a Persian example sentence?
“فردا میروم” (fardâ mi-râm) — Tomorrow I will go. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.