The Future Tense
To express actions that will happen in the future using imperfective verbs, you typically form it by combining the future tense of the verb быти ('to be') with the infinitive of the main verb, or using the simple future for perfective verbs.
- Compound Future ('быти' + Infinitive - for imperfective verbs): буду, будеш, буде, будеме / будемо, будете, будут / будуть + Infinitive.
- Simple Future (for perfective verbs): Formed using the present tense conjugation of the perfective verb.
- Examples (Compound Future - imperfective): Я буду читати книгу (I will read a book). Ти будеш говорити з ним (You will talk with him). Она буде робити завтра (She will work tomorrow). Мы будеме писати (We will write). Они будут глядати фільм (They will watch a film).
- Examples (Simple Future - perfective): Я прочитаю книгу (I will read a book). Ти повіш му (You will tell him). Она зробит то (She will do it).