Rewriting sentences using an alternative?

Question

Rewrite each sentence using an alternative that also express the future. Follow the example.

Example: Dentro de dos años tendremos cuatro hijos.

Dentro de dos años vamos a tener cuatro hijos

We never learned this in class and I don't understand what to do? It doesn't seem like using "vamos" for the questions below will work... how do I know what alternatives I can use? Help please :(

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1. Esta mañana salimos a depositar el cheque.

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1. Pronto van a venir mis padres para despedirse.

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1. Hoy encontraré a un buen asesor.

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1. Esta noche discutimos el presupuesto.

I don't understand why you would be tested on material that you had not learned in class?? - rac1, Mar 13, 2015

Nor do I princesa xx - ian-hill, Mar 13, 2015

Neither do I mis amigos. - ray76, Mar 14, 2015

You are merely getting us to do your homework for you , this is not good. - ray76, Mar 14, 2015

If you are having a problem with that why aren't you asking your teacher , give me her/his Email and I will ask for you. - ray76, Mar 14, 2015

Answer 1

I find it hard to imagine that you would be given this type of exercise without some teaching on the tenses involved first.

http://spanish.about.com/cs/verbs/a/future_ways.htm

Here, then, are the three most common ways of telling about future events:

Using the present tense — As in English, and especially in colloquial use, the present tense can be used when discussing an upcoming event. Salimos mañana, we leave tomorrow (or, we will leave tomorrow). Te llamo esta tarde, I'm calling (or, I will call) you this afternoon.

In Spanish, the time period needs to be indicated (either directly or by the context) when using the present tense to refer to the future. The "present future" is used most often for events that are happening in the near future and that are certain or planned.

Ir a + infinitive — A very common way of expressing the feature is to use the present tense of ir (to go), followed by a and the infinitive. It is the equivalent of saying "going to ..." in English and is used in basically the same way. Voy a comer, I am going to eat. Va a comprar la casa, he is going to buy the house. Vamos a salir, we are going to leave. This usage of ir a is so common that it is sometimes thought of by some speakers as the future tense, and in some areas it has all but replaced the conjugated future tense for talking about the future.

This way of expressing the future has the advantage that it is extremely easy to learn. Simply learn the present indicative tense's conjugation of ir, and you'll have it mastered.

The conjugated future tense — When used to talk about the future, the conjugated future tense is the equivalent in English of saying "will" followed by the verb. Saldremos mañana, we will leave tomorrow. Comeré la hamburguesa, I will eat the hamburger. This use of the future tense is probably more common in writing than in everyday speech.

What they are asking you to do is to figure out if it is being expressed in the “ir a + infinitive” method or the conjugated future tense method, and whichever way it is being expressed, express it in the other method. With the verbs conjugated to the appropriate subject. So no vamos will not work for them all.

I wonder why this "new" member (since Jan 2015) has not already had a look at our lessons. - ian-hill, Mar 13, 2015

Have a look at her previous questions asking for help. - ian-hill, Mar 13, 2015

Ian, a member for only 2 months is new, and the lessons don't suit everybody, sometimes a different exoplanation helps enormously. - annierats, Mar 13, 2015

Annie, but you don't have any proof that any lessons have been tried anywhere - this member has done none on here. - ian-hill, Mar 13, 2015

Answer 2

cotubusin:

What's so hard about it?

Example: Dentro de dos años tendremos cuatro hijos. = Within 2 years we will have 4 kids/sons/children

Dentro de dos años vamos a tener cuatro hijos = Within 2 years we are going to have 4 kids/sons/children

:D

The equation has been missed amigo. - ray76, Mar 14, 2015

Thank you or.....? :) - chileno, Mar 14, 2015