Quick answer
Imperfective: бу́ду чита́ть — I will be reading, I will read regularly. Perfective: прочита́ю — I will read it and finish it. Same time, different view.
бу́ду + infinitive
| Person | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| я | бу́ду | бу́ду рабо́тать |
| ты | бу́дешь | бу́дешь чита́ть |
| он / она́ | бу́дет | бу́дет до́ма |
| мы / вы / они́ | бу́дем, бу́дете, бу́дут | бу́дут жить в Москве́ |
This is the only future an imperfective verb has — and it also works as “will be” on its own.
The perfective future
A perfective verb has no present tense, so its present-looking forms mean the future: скажу́ = I will say, сде́лаю = I will get it done.
Я бу́ду чита́ть ве́чером.I will read this evening. — some reading will happen
Я прочита́ю э́ту кни́гу.I will read this book. — all of it, finished
За́втра бу́дет дождь.It will rain tomorrow.
Typical mistakes
Я бу́ду прочита́ть.
Я прочита́ю. / Я бу́ду чита́ть.
бу́ду only combines with imperfective infinitives.
За́втра я иду́ — as a plan
За́втра я пойду́.
The present can express a near plan, but for a real future use пойду́.
Check yourself
Which one means “I will read the whole book”?
The perfective прочита́ю carries the result: the book gets finished.