Tenth graders learn the Thai future tense — and it’s easy! Just add ja (จะ) before the verb: ja pai (จะไป, will go), ja kin (จะกิน, will eat). The verb never changes. With phrung nii (พรุ่งนี้, tomorrow) they can talk about plans and predictions.
Students will be able to…
What will you do next year? How do you talk about the future in Thai?
Project each item and have students answer about the Thai future tense.
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What will you do next year, and how do you say it in Thai?
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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).
Presentational: state future plans.
Interpretive: understand the future.
Compare how languages mark future.
Interpersonal: talk about plans.
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Have students write one plan for tomorrow in Thai using “ja.” A printable Thai future-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.
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