The idiomatic future in English it is formed with the structure to be + going to followed by a verb in its simple form and is used to indicate future events with implications of compulsion, determination, need or obligation.
This structure shows a slight difference with the formula will + verb which is also used to indicate future actions. In this sense, in most cases they can be used interchangeably with no difference in meaning. For example, both are valid in the case of predictions.
However, the future idiom is used especially when talking about decisions prior to the moment in which it is spoken or when there is a possibility that something will happen..
This idiomatic future is made up of three elements. First of all, there is the verb to be (to be or to be) that must be conjugated. (must be in accordance with the subject).
Then, the verb must be placed go (to go) in gerund together with the particle to. Finally, the main verb is placed in its simple form. In Spanish, it translates as hate (eat, dance, play).
As in all languages, the form to be going to has undergone variations. Thus, in informal contexts it is common for it to be replaced by the form gonna.
In this way, for example, the informal / colloquial version of the sentence They are going to get married in July (They are getting married in July) would be They're gonna get married in July.
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The affirmative sentences of the future idiomatic in English have the following format: subject + verb to be (conjugated) + verb go (gerund) + to + verb (simple form). The sentences below serve as examples:
On the other hand, when the subject is a pronoun, it and the conjugated form of the verb to be can be contracted. So the combinations Yo soy, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are Y they are they turn into I'm, you're, he's, Ella es, it's, we're Y they're, respectively. Notice these sentences:
In addition, there is a contraction used in oral speech in more informal situations, as already mentioned, particularly in American English..
The shape gonna it is also used in written texts, usually in quotation marks, to show conversational pronunciation. Some examples include:
The format of negative sentences in the future idiom in English is similar to that of affirmative ones. The difference is that the negation adverb not is added between the verb to be and the gerund form of the verb to go: subject + verb to be (conjugated) + NOT + verb go (gerund) + to + verb (simple form). The previous sentences would look like this:
Similarly, there are contracted forms. The subject pronouns and the conjugated form of the verb to be can be contracted and then the particle added not (I'm not, you're v, he's not, she's not, it's not, we're not Y they're not). Or, you can get the verb to be and the negation adverb like this:
The interrogative sentences of the idiomatic future are formed by reversing the order of the subject and the verb to be, keeping the rest of the structure intact.
Thus, its format is: verb to be (conjugated) + subject + verb go (gerund) + to + verb (simple form) + question mark (?). In this way, the previous sentences would look like this:
Stephen King
“… It may be because the horror writer always brings bad news: you're going to die, he says; he's telling you to never mind Oral Roberts and his'something good is going to happen to you,'because something bad is also going to happen to you, and it may be cancer and it may be a stroke, and it may be a car accident, but it's going to happen... ".
“I have paused, relishing Warwick's hate-congested face. “I think that between me, him, and the town committee, we can get an injunction slapped on this place. You're going to be shut down a lot longer than just Saturday, Mr. Foreman. And I got a good idea what your boss is going to say when he turns up. Hope your unemployment insurance is paid up, Warwick ... ".
Roald dahl
"How are you going to get him up to the hotel?'the paunchy man asked. 'Drag him up the beach with the rope,' the fisherman answered. 'The staff'll be coming along soon to take him. It's going to need ten men, all pulling at once '... "
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