Week 13, Lesson 26, Friday
Make plans for tonight: the future with буду
The simplest future in any language: one helper verb, буду, plus the dictionary form. Add when, and you can plan a whole weekend.
1Recap 5 minutes
Three questions from Monday, before anything new.
2Goal 1 minute
I can say what I will do, ask when something starts, and invite someone out.
3The lesson 20 minutes
In this lesson
- The future: буду + the verb
- When
- An invitation
The future: буду + the verb
Three posters for the week. Read the titles, then the days and the times: that is all you need to make a plan.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| я | буду |
| ты | будешь |
| он, она | будет |
| мы | будем |
| вы | будете |
| они | будут |
Add any verb in its dictionary form: Я буду смотреть фильм. Вечером мы будем ужинать в кафе.
When
The future is built like a sum: the person, the helper буду in the right form, and the verb as you find it in the dictionary.
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| сегодня вечером | tonight |
| завтра | tomorrow |
| завтра утром | tomorrow morning |
| в субботу | on Saturday |
| Когда? | When? |
| Когда начинается фильм? — В семь часов. | When does the film start? At seven. |
An invitation
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ты хочешь пойти в кино? | Do you want to go to the cinema? |
| Давай пойдём в театр! | Let's go to the theatre! |
| С удовольствием! | With pleasure! |
| Извини, я не могу. | Sorry, I can't. |
4Listen and say 5 minutes
Sound of the lesson: The stress jumps in бу́ду
бу́ду, бу́дешь, бу́дет keep the stress on the first syllable, unlike иду́. Say the whole chain once a day.
- бу́ду [BU-du] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
- за́втра [ZAF-tra] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
Listen to the textbook
The book's own recordings for this topic, free on the publisher's site. Listen once for the gist, then again with the book open.
5Phrases and words 5 minutes
Phrases to learn whole
Learn each one as a single unit, the way you would learn a word. They come back in your Daily 10.
- Я бу́ду …I will …
- Когда́ начина́ется …?When does … start?
- Дава́й пойдём …!Let's go …!
- С удово́льствием!With pleasure!
- Извини́, я не могу́.Sorry, I can't.
Words to read aloud
Read each one aloud, then open it to check.
бу́ду, бу́дешь, бу́дет
I will, you will, he/she will
бу́дем, бу́дете, бу́дут
we, you, they will
за́втра
сего́дня ве́чером
tonight
когда́
начина́ется
пойти́
to go (once)
Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)Дава́й пойдём!
Let's go!
С удово́льствием!
With pleasure!
Извини́, я не могу́.
Sorry, I can't.
6Class exercises 15 minutes
Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.
Role-play
Take one card each. Swap roles for a second round.
You
- Say three things you will do this weekend.
- Invite Ника to a concert and say when it starts.
Ника
- Ask: Что вы будете делать завтра?
- Accept one invitation and decline another.
7Your turn 5 minutes
Write three plans for tomorrow with буду.
See a model answer
Завтра утром я буду работать. Днём я буду обедать в кафе. Вечером мы будем смотреть фильм.
Saved as you type. It goes to Ника together with Homework 26.
8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass
9Feedback 5 minutes
10Check your goal 1 minute
I can say what I will do, ask when something starts, and invite someone out.
Can you do this now? Be honest: the answer decides your next step.
11Homework
Homework 26 on Monday: your weekend plans with буду, and an invitation.
I can say what I will do, ask when something starts, and invite someone out.