Future Tense

Present tense often does the job of the future

Tamil marks future time directly on the verb with its own ending (போவேன், 'I will go', distinct from போகிறேன், 'I go'). German has a parallel construction, werden + infinitive (Ich werde fahren), but German speakers very often skip it in everyday speech and simply use the present tense with a time word like morgen ('tomorrow') to signal the future instead — something Tamil's dedicated future form never lets you get away with. Use werden + infinitive when you want to be unambiguous or emphatic; otherwise present tense plus a time word is the more natural everyday choice.