Será así the future tense

Question

3 - Será así Rewrite each sentence to express probability with the future tense. Each sentence should start with a verb in the future tense.

Modelo: Creemos que se llega por esta calle. Se llegará por esta calle.

1.Es probable que sea la una de la tarde. SerA probable

2.Creo que ellas están en casa. CrearE que estarAn en casa.

3.Estamos casi seguros de que va a nevar hoy. Estaremos hoy.

4.Es probable que ellos vayan al cine luego. al cine serA probable.

5.Creo que estamos enfermos. Creemos

I am confused about how to reword with the future tense. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Es probable que sea la una de la tarde. Será la una de la tarde.

Creo que ellas están en casa. Ellas estarán en casa.

Estamos casi seguros de que va a nevar hoy. nevará hoy

Es probable que ellos vayan al cine luego. irán al cine luego.

Creo que estamos enfermos. estaremos enfermos.

basically your changing the verb... i find this site very helpful - Tone-Tone, Nov 1, 2012

http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/verblist.htm - Tone-Tone, Nov 1, 2012

Answer 3

I'm not going to do your homework for you, but I can give you some examples and help you out. In Spanish, the future tense can be used to express something you think is likely/probable, instead of using an impersonal expression and the present tense (either subjunctive or indicative, depending).

EXAMPLES:

Creemos que se llega por esta calle. Se llegará por esta calle.

We think he will get here on this street. He should/will probably get here on this street.

Here "Creemos que se llega", an impersonal expression plus the indicative, becomes "se llegará", which is the future tense. Now for an example from your work.

1.Es probable que sea la una de la tarde.

becomes

Será la una de la tarde.

Why? Because "es probable que sea" is an impersonal expression + subjunctive, while "será" is the future tense used to indicate likelihood. You seem to be having trouble with one point in particular: when you change the present expressions to the future, you get rid of the impersonal expression. So therefore:

2.Creo que ellas están en casa.

Does NOT become:

Crearé que ellas estarán en casa.

It DOES become:

Ellas estarán en casa.

Because the future tense here replaces the expression "creo que..."

I hope this helps and let me know if you need this explained in more detail or if you need more examples.