Like the formation of the present tense, the future tense in Armenian intersects two varying constructions with opposite meanings. The Eastern future tense is made with the future participle in -լու ("-lu") with the present tense of verb լինել ("linel"). (This Eastern form is identical to the Western Armenian non-past necessitative (see below.)) The Western future tense is made with the general synthetic verb preceded by the particle պիտի ("bidi"). (This Western form is identical to the Eastern Armenian non-past necessitative (see below.))