🇯🇵 Japanese
日本語 • Kana + Kanji
Talking about the future (tomorrow, next week, plans)
How to express plans and future meaning with a safe, high‑frequency pattern.
The strategy
Start with one future pattern that native speakers actually use (often: a helper verb, a particle, or a ‘go’ construction).
- Combine your future pattern with time words: tomorrow / next week.
- Practice plans you actually say: I will go, I will work, I will meet a friend.
行きます。
Ikimasu
I go / I will go.
行きました。
Ikimashita
I went.
ここにいます。
Koko ni imasu
I am here.
水がほしいです。
Mizu ga hoshii desu
I want water.
わかりません。
Wakarimasen
I don't understand.
英語を話しますか？
Eigo o hanashimasu ka
Do you speak English?
トイレはどこですか？
Toire wa doko desu ka
Where is the toilet?
これは私の友だちです。
Kore wa watashi no tomodachi desu
This is my friend.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I go / I will go.”?