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Lesson 6| The Future

The Future

The future is used to make projections about what is to come as well as to commit the speaker to certain actions. In English, the High Valyrian future may be expressed like 'is going to,' 'will,' or 'shall.'

Consonant Final Verbs

Below shows the passive present conjugation of maghagon. All consonant final verbs share these personal endings. The palatals, 'lj' and 'ñ,' depalatalize before any ending that begins with 'i' or a consonant; all future endings begin in 'i' so 'lj' always becomes 'l,' and 'ñ,' always becomes 'n.'

magh-inna I shall carry first person singular
magh-ilā you will carry second person singular
magh-ilza he, she, it is is going to carry third person singular
magh-ili we shall carry first person plural
magh-ilāt you (all) will carry second person plural
magh-ilzi they are going to carry third person plural