Form, Meaning and Function الصيغة والمعنى والوظيفة اللغوية
Use will or be going to to make predictions about the future.
Use will or be going to to make predictions about the future.
Questions (?)
Answers (Opinions)
Will people speak Arabic? I guess so. / I don’t think so.
Are we going to learn Chinese at school? I think so. / I hope so. / I hope not.
Will versus Be Going To
Use will to make an on-the-spot offer, request or decision. Use be going to to express a plan that is already made or
decided.
Ali is going to have his work professionally translated, but I can’t afford it. I’ll translate it using machine translation software on the Internet.
Future Progressive
Use the future progressive (will + be + present participle) for continuous actions in the future.
Or use be going to + be + present participle.
Affirmative (+)
Free machine translation services on the Internet are going to get better and better. By 2030, most people around the world will be translating foreign languages through machines. They will no longer be learning the lingua franca (the common global language) to communicate in business and trade.
Questions (?)
Short Answers (+) Short Answers (–)
Will you be working on the weekend? Yes, I will. No, I won’t.
Are they going to be taking the test, too? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t.
from ثمرات اللغة Language Thamarat https://ift.tt/2qi46rf
via IFTTT
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق