In English, there are many ways of expressing future time.
One of the most common is the "be going to" constructon.
ඉංග්රීසියේදී අනාගත කාලය හඟවන විධි කිහිපයකි. be going to පද භාවිතය ඉතා පොදුය.
To make a verb form with "be going to", you first put "be" into the correct form to agree with the subject (am, are) , and then add "going to" + the simple form of the verb. Note also that "be" is often shortened.
This table lists the main forms:
I'm going to leave. | I'm not going to leave. | ||
You're going to leave. | You aren't going to leave. You're not going to leave. | ||
He's going to leave. | He's not going to leave. He isn't going to leave. | ||
She's going to leave. | She's not going to leave. She isn't going to leave. | ||
It's going to leave. | It's not going to leave. It isn't going to leave. | ||
We're going to leave. | We're not going to leave. We aren't going to leave. | ||
They're going to leave. | They're not going to leave. They aren't going to leave. |
The meaning of "be going to" future forms
"Be going to" is usually used when something is already planned or definite.
Look at the difference between these sentences:
යම් දෙයක් තිර ලෙස සැලසුම් කර ඇතිවිට හෝ අනිවාර්යයෙන් සිදුවන බව දන්නා විට be going to භාවිතා වේ.
එය will ට වඩා තිරය.
මම රූට උයන්නම් |
මම රූට උයන්නටයි යන්නේ |
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