Simple Future Tense

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The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty.

සරල අනාගත කාලය අපි පාවිච්චි කරන්නෙ ඉදිරි කාලයේදී සිදුවන සිදුවීමක් ප්‍රකාශ කරන්න.

The simple future is used:

  • To predict a future event:

  • අනාගත කාලය ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට
    It will rain tomorrow.

  • With I or We, to express a spontaneous decision:

  • කලින් සූදානමින් තොරව සිදුකරන ක්‍රියා ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට
    I'll pay for the tickets by credit card.


  • To express willingness:

  • කැමැත්ත ඇති බව ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට
    He'll carry your bag for you.


  • In the negative form, to express unwillingness:

  • අකමැති බව ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට
    The baby won't eat his soup.
    I won't leave until I've seen the manager!


  • With I in the interrogative form using

  • "shall", to make an offer:

  • උදව්වක් කිරීමට ඇසීමේදී
    Shall I open the window?


  • With we in the interrogative form using "shall", to make a suggestion:

  • "we" සමග යෝජනාවක් කිරීමට
    Shall we go to the cinema tonight?


  • With I in the interrogative form using "shall", to ask for advice or instructions:

  • උපදෙසක් බලාපොරොත්තුවෙන් යමක් ඇසීමේදී
    What shall I tell the boss about this money?


  • With you, to give orders:

  • අණ කිරීමට
    You will do exactly as I say.


  • With you in the interrogative form, to give an invitation:

  • ආරාධනාවක් කිරීමට
    Will you come to dance with me?
    Will you marry me?

Note:In modern English will is preferred to shall. Shall is mainly used with I and we to make an offer or suggestion, or to ask for advice (see examples above). With the other persons (you, he, she, they) shall is only used in literary or poetic situations, e.g. "With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes."

Positive : I will go home tomorrow.

Question : Will you go home tomorrow ?

Negative : I will not go home tomorrow.

Negative Question : Won’t you go home tomorrow ?


Positive : She will come tonight.

Question : Will she come tonight?

Negative : She will not come tonight.

Negative Question : Won’t she come tonight ?

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