A.  Future Tense:

1.  Affirmative Sentence

    The structure of future tense in Khmer language is similar to English.  The auxiliary (នឹង ) is used in front of the main verb in a sentence.   The structure of the simple future tense is:

Example:

2.  Negative Sentence

    For negative sentences in the simple future tense, we insert "មិន" between the auxiliary verb and main verb and particle "ទេ " at the end that sentence.

Example:

3.  Interrogative Sentence

    For question sentence the simple future tense, we insert "តើ " at the beginning of the sentence and particle "មែនទេ " at the end of sentence.

Example:

Note:

    The auxiliary verb (នឹង ) has the same pronunciation to the conjunction and preposition (និង ) but the spelling of these two words are different.  The vowel ( ឹ ) is used for the auxiliary (នឹង ) and vowel ( ិ ) is used for the conjunction and preposition.

B.  Adverb of Time for Future Tense

    Adverb of time is very important in Khmer future tense, it provides precise information about future.   Adverb of time uses for future includes:

    Khmer adverb of time is usually found at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.

Example:  Adverb of time is used at the beginning of a sentence.

Example:  Adverb of time is used at the end of a sentence.