Future tense is used to describe and talk about events that have not happened yet. In Czech, we only have one type of future tense. However, there are more ways of forming the past tense based on the type and aspect of the verb. In the article, we will cover the future tense of (1) the verb být, (2) imperfective verbs and (3) verbs jít, jet and letět.
Future tense of být
Future tense of the verb být is very simple. All you have to do is to remember the future forms of the verb for each person. Below you can see the table, including negation.
For example:
Budu v práci. - I will be at work.
Budeš ve škole. - You will be at school.
Budeme v Praze. - We will be in Prague.
Future tense of imperfective verbs
We are not familiar with the term imperfective yet but you can apply this theory to the majority of verbs we work with in this course.
Future tense consists of two parts. First one is the future form of být (as explained above), second one is the main verb in the infinitive form. You can see the example of the verb vařit in the table below:
Negation
Negation is expressed by adding ne- to the auxiliary verb být. For example:
Nebudu vařit. - I will not cook.
Nebudeš pracovat. - You will not work.
Nebudeme studovat. - We will not study.
Future tense of jít, jet, letět
The way we make the forms of future tense of these three verbs of motion differs from verbs we have seen above.
JÍT
Future form is formed by adding the prefix pů- to the present conjugated form of the verb jít. Negation is formed by adding the prefix ne-. See the table below.
JET
Future form is formed by adding the prefix po- to the present conjugated form of the verb jet. Negation is formed by adding the prefix ne-. See the table below.
LETĚT
Future form is formed by adding the prefix po- to the present conjugated form of the verb letět. Negation is formed by adding the prefix ne-. See the table below.
