Future Forms

Here are future forms - well, maybe in a slightly bigger container than a nutshell :).

to be going to do sth = zamierzać coś zrobić

I'm going to water the plants in my room

 but I'm not going to work in the garden.

We're going to play tennis, we aren't going to 

play football.

She's going to cook some soup but she isn't

 going to bake a cake.

They are going to come to the party but they

 aren't going to dance.

Are you going to sing? 

Yes, I am.

Is she going to help us with dinner? 

No, she isn't.

Are they going to take some pictures?

Yes, they are.

Attention!

It's going to happen = 

Zanosi się na to, że...

Zaraz coś się wydarzy....

It's going to rain.

Zanosi się na deszcz. Będzie padać.

We're going to win this match! 

Wygląda na to, że wygramy ten mecz!

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to be about to do sth = zaraz ktoś coś zrobi

They are about to cry. 

Oni zaraz się rozpłaczą.

He is about to say something. 

On zaraz coś powie.

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I will...

I think I will... Sądzę, że...

I don't think I'll... Nie sądzę, że...

I hope we will... Mam nadzieję,  że my...

I'm sure I'll... Jestem pewien, że...

I believe we will... Wierzę, że my...

I think I will pass the exam.

I don't think I'll stay at home at the weekend.

I hope we will meet soon.

I'm sure I'll have a big family.

I believe we will go to university together.

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I may

I might

- może... coś zrobię

I may not

I might not

- może czegoś nie zrobię

I will... - zrobię coś...

I won't... - nie zrobię czegoś...

probably - prawdopodobnie

definitely - na pewno, definitywnie

I may go to Madrid.

I might go there.

I'll probably go there.

I will go there.

I'll definitely go there.

I may not stay here.

I might not stay here.

I probably won't stay here.

I won't stay here.

I definitely won't stay here.

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Continuous tenses in comparison: present, past and future actions

It's 10 o'clock in the morning now, 

and I'm drinking coffee. 

I'm not drinking tea.

Yesterday at 10 a.m.

I was drinking coffee.

I wasn't drinking tea.

Tomorrow at 10 a.m.

I will be drinking coffee.

I won't be drinking tea.

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Psssst... Here comes a kind of oxymoron: future in the past.

By 11 o'clock I'll have drunk all the coffee.

By 2025 I'll have finished school.

By this time tomorrow I'll have written the test.