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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

Vowel Final Verbs

There are also five vowel final verb forms that have two forms in the future. These are similar to the consonant final verbs except that the 'i' becomes either 'ē' or 'ī'. The future is formed from the verbal stem plus the theme vowel change, M, plus the personal ending. They stick to their theme vowel and have an identical personal ending to consonant final verbs. In the generic conjugation below, √ is the verb stem and M is the theme vowel change.

For -agon and -ogon, M=ē.

For -egon, -igon, and -ugon, M=ī.

√-M-nna	first person singular
√-M-lā	second person singular
√-M-lza	third person singular
√-M-li	first person plural
√-M-lāt	second person plural
√-M-lzi	third person plural