Future tense - 将 vs. 会

jckeith
 January 22, 2010, 02:31 AM posted in General Discussion

“将”和“会”有什么不一样？

I see that the primary definition for “将” is "will" as in future tense, but I have never seen it used. Every future tense sentence I see uses "会".

有人可以解释一下？

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jckeith
 January 22, 2010, 02:58 AM

Doh! The last sentence should be 有人可以解释一下吗？

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zhenlijiang
 January 22, 2010, 03:27 AM

Sorry I can't really explain, but fyi this is one lesson I remembered seeing it used in a CPod dialogue. The only one I can recall, actually.

Also if you look in the Lesson Channels tab, under the Advanced and Media introductions 将 is used repeatedly, esp for the Advanced level. It tells us "Advanced lessons will ... here you will ... Jenny and her Chinese co-host will ...".

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xiaophil
 January 22, 2010, 03:36 AM

I think 将 is pretty formal. 

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lujiaojie

对！将 is pretty formal.

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jckeith
 January 23, 2010, 04:36 AM

谢谢你们！

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changye
 January 23, 2010, 05:30 AM

会 = will probably, will possibly, might

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lujiaojie
 January 25, 2010, 03:00 AM

对！将 is pretty formal.

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calicartel
 January 25, 2010, 10:32 AM

And 将 never means "to be able to". There's also a confusing usage of 将 as an alternative to 把, in "把 sentences". Very confusing if you're focused on the future tense function.