Arabic Future Tense - Lesson 31

A future verb tense exists, but it’s a derivative of the present tense that you achieve by attaching a prefix SA- (which is a particle that joins onto the verb) or adding the particle SAWFA before the verb. So, these 2 particles give the meaning of “ will, shall”to the present tense of the verb. There is no difference between the can be abbreviated to sa-َ When the abbreviation is used, it is written as part of the verb.