How to state Probability/Wonder of the Future

Question

When using Future of Probability, how would you form it for something that is in the future?

For example: "I probably will eat it" or "I wonder if she will eat it."

Would it be translated the same as probability and wonder in the present, such as "I am probably eating it" or "I wonder if she is eating it."

Would it be "Yo lo comeré." or "¿Lo comerá a ella?"

Or is there a different way to represent this for a future situation as opposed to the present?

Chileno is fluent in both English and Spanish and therefore probably understood best what you were asking. If you need more clarification on his answer I'm sure he would help you as he offered. - Jubilado, Mar 3, 2016

Answer 1

"I probably will eat it" = Probablemente (yo) me lo comeré

"I wonder if she will eat it." = Me pregunto si (ella) se lo comerá

"I am probably eating it" = Probablemente me lo estaré comiendo

"I wonder if she is eating it." = Me pregunto si (ella) se lo está comiendo

If you need help with these, just say so.

Edit:

I highlighted all that go into the future...

Again... any questions?

The use of the conditional for the probable future... (not in the past)

I would be eating it later = (yo) Me lo estaría comiendo más tarde.

A vote for you, Don Chileno! - 00cc0117, Mar 2, 2016

Thanks, this way makes the most sense to me as well. But the question I have is in regards to the Future of Probability. Is it possible to use something like what I wrote and have it make sense in regards to the future, or is that not even possible? - tkzncochran, Mar 2, 2016

:) - ray76, Mar 3, 2016

tkzncochran, please read my edit. - chileno, Mar 3, 2016

That is the only way I could think of expressing probability about the future also and have it make sense. Thanks for your explanations. - tkzncochran, Mar 3, 2016

You're welcome. - chileno, Mar 3, 2016

Answer 2

O simplemente:

¿Me lo comeré? ¿Se lo comerá?

Thanks - tkzncochran, Mar 2, 2016

Answer 3

¿Me pregunto, si se lo comerá? "Otra opción."

Thanks. I know that is a valid option and what I would probably use. I'm just trying to figure out if there is another possible way using the Future or Probability Method. - tkzncochran, Mar 2, 2016

Answer 4

This is very interesting. To express probability in the present, Spanish uses the future: "Yo lo comeré." I am probably eating it, or, funnier, I must be eating it.

To express probability in the past, Spanish uses the conditional: "Yo lo comería." I probably ate it, or, I must have eaten it.

I don´t know of any corresponding Spanish construction for probability in the future. Well, in English there is no corresponding construction using "I must ..."

thanks mate , my vote. - ray76, Mar 3, 2016

Just check my answer... and also please read my second edit... - chileno, Mar 3, 2016

Thanks. This I what I was finding also. The way Chileno translates it is the only way I could figure out as well for probability in the future. - tkzncochran, Mar 3, 2016