The future cheat

There is a super simple way to talk about the future without learning the future tense straight away.

Tomorrow - Jutro

All we need to do, exactly as we do in English, is state a time in the future and then use the present tense.

Tomorrow I must go to town - Jutro musię iść do miasta

So how would you say:

Tomorrow I want to go to town -
Tomorrow he must go to the supermarket -

In English 'afternoon' is quite literally two words. It will be 'noon' and we're talking about 'after' than point in time.

Polish is very similar. Literally it is 'today after midday':

This afternoon - Dziś po południu

In the dictionary you will find 'noon'/'midday' is 'południe' (ending in 'e', not 'u'). This is because 'po' bounces us into a case but it is not a case we have covered yet.

However as 'Dziś po południu' is such a useful phrase it's worth just learning in it's own right for now.

So how would you say:

This afternoon I want to go to town -
This afternoon he must go to the supermarket -
Tomorrow afternoon we must go to the supermarket -

I go / I am going (by foot) - Idę

We can also use I, you, he, she, we forms of verbs exactly the same as we do in English

Tomorrow I'm going to town - Jutro idę do miasta

So how would you say:

Tomorrow I'm going to the hotel -
Tomorrow I'm going to the supermarket -
Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to the chemist / drug store -

Today and Tomorrow

Sort these phrases out into ones happening today and ones happening tomorrow

Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations

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Think out the Polish

Practice going into the future by testing yourself against the phrases introduced in the lesson.

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Tomorrow I must go to town	q3\|Jutro musię iść do miasta

Tomorrow I want to go to town	q3\|Jutro chcę iść do miasta

Tomorrow he must go to the supermarket	q3\|Jutro on musi iść do supermarketu

This afternoon I want to go to town

This afternoon he must go to the supermarket

Tomorrow afternoon we must go to the supermarket

Tomorrow I'm going to town	q3\|Jutro idę do miasta

Tomorrow I'm going to the hotel	q3\|Jutro idę do hotelu

Tomorrow I'm going to the supermarket	q3\|Jutro idę do supermarketu

Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to the chemist/drug store	q3\|Jutro po południu idę do apteki