Future

Question

Hello people.

Voy a hacerlo ........lo hare (with acute accent)

Are these interchangeable?

Saludos

Answer 1

látigo said:

Is this not similar to the "wonderment" concept taught in the textbooks? I wonder what time it is.- ¿Qué hora será?

I wonder what time it was.- ¿Qué hora sería?

Same idea, actually: "será" for present/future, and "sería" for past. Some grammarians encapsulate these two tenses into something called "virtual mood" just for this reason. This is one of those rare cases where English and Spanish behave almost identically when it comes to tenses.

Answer 2

Is this not similar to the "wonderment" concept taught in the textbooks?
I wonder what time it is.- ¿Qué hora será?
I wonder what time it was.- ¿Qué hora sería?

lazarus1907 said:

tad said:

Q: "¿Quién está llamando a la puerta'"A: "Será Gloria"

That's a typical example of a prediction, not necessarily based on the present situation. That's why I think that this tense should be called "virtual" (or something similar) rather than "future".

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Answer 3

tad said:

Q: "¿Quién está llamando a la puerta'" A: "Será Gloria"

That's a typical example of a prediction, not necessarily based on the present situation. That's why I think that this tense should be called "virtual" (or something similar) rather than "future".

P. S. In Spain "llaman a la puerta" would be more common than "están llamando", but both can be heard.

Answer 4

Q: "¿Quién está llamando a la puerta'"
A: "Será Gloria"

Answer 5

lazarus1907 said:

Eddy said:

So it´s purely the use of the language and you have to learn individual cases. In other words, there are no definite rules.

There are differences... and reasons, but they are not easy to explain correctly in just a few words. The "ir + infinitive" is used when something is going to happen if things continue as planned (more or less), whereas the "future" is used for predictions (both in the future and in the present), not necessarily related to the present situation, and therefore it can be used when one is uncertain about these predictions. Of course, without going into details, one might find objections to these simplified rules.

What lazarus explained was the same as what I was taught for the difference between "be going + infinitive" and "will" - future tense even though they can be expressed to the same meaning sometimes. But "be going + infinitive" is used to express something that will happen in the future more certainly.
However, the exampls that lazarus gave to us are really helpful for me to find out when I need to use "ir + infinitive".

Thanks,

Marco

Answer 6

Eddy said:

So it´s purely the use of the language and you have to learn individual cases. In other words, there are no definite rules.

There are differences... and reasons, but they are not easy to explain correctly in just a few words. The "ir + infinitive" is used when something is going to happen if things continue as planned (more or less), whereas the "future" is used for predictions (both in the future and in the present), not necessarily related to the present situation, and therefore it can be used when one is uncertain about these predictions. Of course, without going into details, one might find objections to these simplified rules.

Answer 7

lazarus1907 said:

Sentences where no native (that I know of) would use the future tense: a) Mamá, ¿me compras un helado? b) Ahora no, que vamos a comer dentro de poco.

c) Está nublado. Va llover de un momento a otro.

Sentences where no native would ever use "ir a":

a) ¿Qué crees que hará cuando sea mayor?

b) Será policía, soldado, o algo parecido. ¡Quién sabe!

So it´s purely the use of the language and you have to learn individual cases. In other words, there are no definite rules.

Answer 8

Sentences where no native (that I know of) would use the future tense:

a) Mamá, ¿me compras un helado?
b) Ahora no, que vamos a comer dentro de poco.

c) Está nublado. Va llover de un momento a otro.

Sentences where no native would ever use "ir a":

a) ¿Qué crees que hará cuando sea mayor?
b) Será policía, soldado, o algo parecido. ¡Quién sabe!

Answer 9

lazarus1907 said:

Sometimes they are almost the same, but in other sentences they cannot be interchanged at all.

Hi Lazarus
Could you give me a couple of examples where they cannot be interchanged.

Answer 10

Sometimes they are almost the same, but in other sentences they cannot be interchanged at all.