Writing a Diary 18 (when you are going to do things)

We have looked at the time frame for things you did in the past. Now let’s give a time frame to things you are going to do in the future.

hedhyw	today
avorow	tomorrow
trenja	the day after tomorrow

e.g  Hedhyw me a vedn pònya üdn mildir, avorow dew vildir, ha trenja trei mildir.                      

I’ll run 1 mile today, 2 miles tomorrow and 3 miles the day after tomorrow.

We can use the days of the week, e.g.

De Sül me a wra gòrtas tre.	On Sunday I am going to stay home.
De Sadorn me vedn moas dhe gefewy.	On Saturday I will go to a party.

We can precede the days of the week with <nessa> meaning “next”, e.g.

Me wra doas tre nessa (de) Lün.

I’m coming home next Monday.

We can also use <nessa> before other time divisions, e.g.

Me vedn redya dew lever nessa seythen.	I’ll read two books next week.
Me a vedn neyja e’n mor nessa mis.	I’ll swim in the sea next month.
Me wra dendyl showr a vòna nessa bledhen.	I’ll earn a lot of money next year.

but

Me a wra redya lever moy an seythen nessa.	I’ll read another book the following week.
Me a vedn moas tre an jorna-ma war seythen.	I’ll go home today week.

<nessa> on its own can mean “on a future occasion”, e.g.

Me vedn moas nessa.

I’ll go on a future occasion. (I’ll go dreckly!)

There are several other terms you can use for the future, e.g.

e’n termyn a vedn doas	in the time that will come
en termyn a dheu[1]	in a time that is coming

If you are going to do something by a deadline, you can use <kens> meaning “before”

or <bedn> meaning “by”, e.g.

Me wra y wül kens pedn seythen.	I’ll do it within a week (before the end of a week).
Me a vedn debry kens moas dhe’n wariva.	I’ll eat before going to the theatre.
Me a wra gwil diwedh bedn hav.	I’ll finish by summer.

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[1] This is a tense called the “present-future” of <doas> to come. Use it, too, for any time that is  “coming”, e.g. de Yow a dheu Thursday coming. (dheu will come rhymes with de yesterday)