The future: bom + the -l participle
The future is two pieces. A special form of biti — bom, boš, bo — plus the same -l form you already use for the past. Bom delal — I will work. Bom naredil — I will get it done. For example: “Jutri bom šel na letališče” — Tomorrow I'll go to the airport. A rule from the Slovenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The future is two pieces. A special form of biti — bom, boš, bo — plus the same -l form you already use for the past. Bom delal — I will work. Bom naredil — I will get it done.
Only the helper is new. The -l form keeps gender and number here too. Bova delala — the two of us will work. Bomo delali — three or more of us.
Finished and unfinished both ride on bom. Bom pisal pismo — I'll be writing a letter. Bom napisal pismo — I'll write it. English 'I'll write' covers both at once.
The verb 'to be' is the exception: its future is just bom, boš, bo, with no -l form at all. Jutri bom doma — tomorrow I'm at home. Nobody says 'bom bil'.
Table
| to be | to go (m. / f.) | |
|---|---|---|
| I | bom | bom šel / bom šla |
| you | boš | boš šel / boš šla |
| he, she | bo | bo šel / bo šla |
| we two | bova | bova šla / bova šli |
| you two | bosta | bosta šla / bosta šli |
| we | bomo | bomo šli / bomo šle |
| you (polite) | boste | boste šli / boste šle |
| they | bodo | bodo šli / bodo šle |
By example
- Jutri bom šel na letališčeTomorrow I'll go to the airport
- Bova rezervirala sobo za eno nočThe two of us will book a room for one night
- Zamuda leta bo dve uriThe flight delay will be two hours
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 Slovenian?
The future is two pieces. A special form of biti — bom, boš, bo — plus the same -l form you already use for the past. Bom delal — I will work. Bom naredil — I will get it done.
What does it look like in an example sentence Slovenian?
“Jutri bom šel na letališče” — Tomorrow I'll go to the airport. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.