We use the word jà to indicate future tense.
jà · will
The sentence form in positive sentences is like this …
| subject | + | jà | + | verb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | + | jà | + | bpai | Peter jà bpai |
| Peter | + | will | + | go | Peter will go |
… and in negative sentences like this:
| subject | + | jà | + | mâi | + | verb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | + | jà | + | mâi | + | bpai | Peter jà mâi bpai |
| Peter | + | will | + | not | + | go | Peter will not go |
khun jà gin
you will eat
phŏm jà bpai thêe nân
I will go there
khăo jà mâi châwp chăn
he will not like me
chăn jà bpai gàp khun
I will go with you
chăn jà khâo jai
I will understand
khun jà mâi bpai thêe nân
you will not go there
rao jà mâi nâng thêe nêe
we will not sit here
khăo jà bpai Phuket
he will go to Phuket
khăo jà mâi dtâwng gaan bpai thêe nân
he will not want to go there
chăn mâi châwp khăo, chăn jà mâi phûud gàp khăo
I don’t like him, I will not speak with him
Listen to the examples in the videos then try the exercise.
Exercise 8
| 1 | you will go with me |
| 2 | I will wait for you here |
| 3 | he will not do (it) |
| 4 | you won’t like it there |
| 5 | we will eat here |
| 6 | he will walk to Karon with Jane |
| 7 | they will come to Phuket |
| 8 | we will drink beer with Peter |
| 9 | Jane will not eat pizza with us |
| 10 | we will swim here |
| 11 | we will sit here and they will sit there |
| 12 | I will do (it) |
| 13 | he will like working here |
| 14 | she won’t like waiting for us |
| 15 | I will read it |
| 16 | you will write and you will know |
| 17 | he will understand |
| 18 | she will phone him |
| 19 | he will remember us |
| 20 | Peter will come here, you know him |
| 21 | she will run to Patong |
| 22 | they will take a train to Bangkok |
| 23 | he will not drive |
| 24 | she will not take a train, she likes to fly |
| 25 | he will walk with us |
Scroll down for the answers …
| 1 | khun jà bpai gàp phŏm/chăn |
| 2 | phŏm/chăn jà raw khun thêe nêe |
| 3 | khăo jà mâi tham |
| 4 | khun jà mâi châwp thêe nân |
| 5 | phûuak rao jà gin thêe nêe |
| 6 | khăo jà dern bpai Karon gàp Jane |
| 7 | phûuak khăo jà maa Phuket |
| 8 | phûuak rao jà dèuum beer gàp Peter |
| 9 | Jane jà mâi gin pizza gàp phûuak rao |
| 10 | phûuak rao jà wâai nám thêe nêe |
| 11 | phûuak rao jà nâng thêe nêe láe phûuak khăo jà nâng thêe nân |
| 12 | phŏm/chăn jà tham |
| 13 | khăo jà châwp tham ngaan thêe nêe |
| 14 | ther jà mâi châwp raw phûuak rao |
| 15 | phŏm/chăn jà àan man |
| 16 | khun jà khǐian láe khun jà rúu |
| 17 | khăo jà khâo jai |
| 18 | ther jà thoo-hǎa khăo |
| 19 | khăo jà jam phûuak rao |
| 20 | Peter jà maa thêe nêe, khun rúu jàk khăo |
| 21 | ther jà wîng bpai Patong |
| 22 | phûuak khăo jà nâng ród-fai bpai grung-thâep |
| 23 | khăo jà mâi khàp ród |
| 24 | ther jà mâi nâng ród-fai, ther châwp bin |
| 25 | khăo jà dern gàp phûuak rao |