🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin)
中文 • Han
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.
我今天去。
Wǒ jīntiān qù
I go today.
我买了水。
Wǒ mǎi le shuǐ
I bought water.
我在这里。
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ
I am here.
我想要水。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ
I want water.
我不懂。
Wǒ bù dǒng
I don't understand.
你会说英语吗？
Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma
Do you speak English?
厕所在哪里？
Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ
Where is the bathroom?
这是我的朋友。
Zhè shì wǒ de péngyou
This is my friend.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I go today.”?