how to say “she will” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-1.m4a” /]הִיא עֲתִידָה לְ…
Modern Hebrew’s future tense works with verbs.
Some examples:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-2.m4a” /]הוא יתקשר.
He will call.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-3.m4a” /]היא תדבר איתו.
She’ll speak with him.
But there’s also a special word for will (do) – a bit more literary than what you’d use in the average conversation, but still good to know. The word is actually the word for future – עתיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-4.m4a” /] in the masculine and עתידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-5.m4a” /] in the feminine, and refers to a time sometime in the future.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-6.m4a” /]היא עתידה להגיע לביקור.
She will come for a visit (sometime).
and
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/היא-עתידה-ל-7.m4a” /]הם עתידים להרוויח מהעסקה.
They will (end up) profiting from the deal.
Note that עתיד is not a real verb, so it doesn’t conjugate as verbs do.
