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This is a list of verbs in the future tense in Cantonese. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the future form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: 睇 dì |
To write: 寫 xiě |
To love: 愛／鍾意 ài/zhōng yì |
To give: 俾 bǐ |
| To play: 玩 wán |
To read: 讀 dú |
To understand: 明白／理解 míngbái/lǐjiě |
To have: 有 yǒu |
| To know: 知道 zhīdào |
To learn: 學 xué |
To think: 諗 shěn |
To work: 做野 zuò yě |
| To speak: 講 jiǎng |
To drive: 揸車 zhā chē |
To smile: 笑 xiào |
To find: 揾 wèn |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the future tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I will see you: 我會見到你 wǒ huìjiàn dào nǐ |
I will write with a pen: 我會用枝筆寫字 wǒ huì yòng zhī bǐ xiě zì |
| You will love apples: 你會鍾意蘋果 nǐ huì zhōng yì píngguǒ |
You will give money: 你會俾錢 nǐ huì bǐ qián |
| You will play tennis: 你會打網球 nǐ huì dǎ wǎngqiú |
He will read a book: 佢會睇本書 qú huì dì běnshū |
| He will understand me: 佢會明白我 qú huì míngbái wǒ |
She will have a cat: 佢會有隻貓 qú huì yǒu zhī māo |
| She will know you: 佢會明白你 qú huì míngbái nǐ |
We will want to see you: 我哋想見你 wǒ diè xiǎng jiàn nǐ |
| We will think about you: 我哋會諗起你 wǒ diè huì shěn qǐ nǐ |
You (plural) will work here: 你哋會喺度做野 nǐ diè huì xì dù zuò yě |
| You (plural) will speak French: 你哋會講法文 nǐ diè huì jiǎngfǎ wén |
They will drive a car: 佢哋會揸車 qú diè huì zhā chē |
| They will smile: 佢哋會笑 qú diè huì xiào |
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