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Using future to express probability
In answer to a different question that I asked in a different thread, Perikles wrote the following:
I find that to be interesting - and without a real parallel in English. Would someone who's good at example giving (ah hem) give me some more examples of this construction? Thanks!!
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It's called "futuro de probabilidad".
- ¿Qué hora es? - Serán las 10. - Juan ya no llama nunca a María. - Habrán discutido. - No he visto a Sara en todo el día. - Estará enferma. - Hoy Pedro no ha venido a comer. - Tendrá mucho trabajo. |
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I guess the parallel in English will be: "He/She will be home by now."
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Would you use "by now" in these sentences, as Hermit pointed out? |
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Juan ya no llama nunca a María. Juan never calls Maria anymore (ya). Yet= todavía Habrán discutido. They must have argued |
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Okay, so I have a vague recollection that we've had this conversation previously, but I would not use "yet" in that situation or to mean "anymore"...
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You asked about what the "ya" was there for. It is there as "anymore" in this case. Oh, that's called deja vu. ;-> |
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