Why Japanese Has No Future Tense – Learn Japanese

追加: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]Japanese has no future tense.

[00:00:02]>> Wait.

[00:00:03]>> [clears throat] >> What?

[00:00:05]>> In English, you change the verb. I eat sushi, present. I will eat sushi, future. In Japanese, the verb never changes for the future.

[00:00:18]Ashita, tomorrow, future.

[00:00:24]Raishu, next week, future.

[00:00:29]Aimasu, these look like present tense, but they are not really present. Time words do all the work.

[00:00:37]>> So, Japanese just trust context?

[00:00:39]>> Exactly. Japanese trust context.

[00:00:43]>> Then, how do you say what's happening right now?

[00:00:46]I need to know.

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[00:00:50]I show you in the next video.

[00:00:52]>> Please.

[00:00:53]>> Not sure how to Japanese a boot camp.