In informal language, some different future tense endings are used
Subject | Verb (formal) | Verb (informal) | English |
mae(n) | karāngā | karū(n), karūnggā | I (masculine) will do |
mae(n) | karāngī | karū(n), karūnggī | I (feminine) will do |
ih, uh | karēgā | karū, karūgā | He will do |
ih, uh | karēgī | karū, karūgī | She will do |
In everyday speech, the pronoun is sometimes left out of sentences since the subject, gender, and number can be inferred from the verb ending.
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਨੂੰ ਖਤਮ ਕਰੂੰਗਾ
kallh nū(n) khatam karūnggā
(I, masculine) will finish it tomorrow
kallh nū(n) khatam karūnggā
(I, masculine) will finish it tomorrow
ਵੱਡਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਕੀ ਬਣੇਂਗਾ?
vaḍḍā ho kē kī baṇēngā?
What will (you) be when you grow up?
vaḍḍā ho kē kī baṇēngā?
What will (you) be when you grow up?
ਛੁੱਟੀਆਂ ‘ਚ ਕੀ ਕਰਨਗੇ?
chhuṭṭīā(n) ‘ch kī karanagē?
What will they do in their break?
chhuṭṭīā(n) ‘ch kī karanagē?
What will they do in their break?