Let's explore the following examples. Suppose we are wondering if our buddy Javan is coming to a party. We can express that in a myriad ways, but a great way to do that is by employing the future tense:
Or, it might be interpreted as follows:
If expressed as a question, the sentence is interpreted as follows:
It can be used to express uncertainty as to the time:
The meaning and interpretation of the future tense used in this manner is usually understood through context, since the same format can be used to actually express an event that will happen in the future. For example:
can ALSO mean (in the classical future tense):
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