There are two common ways to say and write the future tense. Depending upon your learning style, choose the method that works best for you. Ultimately it will be to your benefit to know both but choosing one method to start is more productive. Originally my preference was to use option 2, maybe because I was more comfortable writing romanian then speaking. Now however, I realized that option 1 is mostly my preference, maybe because I do less writing and more speaking.
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Option 1
The popular form (once you have memorized the conjugated verbs) is to put ‘o sa’ in front of the conjugated form of the verb. Following is an example -
Prezent – Viitor Popular
eu beau/I drink – o să beau/I will drink
tu bei/you drink – o să bei/you will drink
el/ea bea/he she it drinks – o să bea/he she it will drink
noi bem/we drink – o să bem/we will drink
voi beţi (dvs)/you drink – o să beţi/you will drink
ei/ele beau/they drink – o să bea/they will drink
Option 2
Another way is to use the infinitive form with a prefix that corresponds to the pronoun. Memorize the following and attach the infinitive form. It is not necessary when speaking to say aloud both the pronoun and the future indicator. Following an example -
Viitor
(eu) voi bea – I will drink
(tu) vei bea – you will drink
(el/ea) va bea – he she it will drink
(noi) vom bea – we will drink
(voi) veţi bea – you (dvs) will drink
(ei/ele) vor bea – they will drink
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