Present or future?
Develop plans and weather through a focused practice itinerary.
Present or future?
Italian often uses the present for a fixed or personally arranged future event, especially when a time expression makes the future clear. Use the future when you make a prediction, promise, assumption, or less fixed plan. The two forms can both refer to future time, but they present the event differently.
- Domani parto alle sette.· Tomorrow I leave at seven. (fixed arrangement)
- Stasera ceniamo con Marta.· Tonight we are having dinner with Marta. (arranged)
- Il treno parte alle 18:20.· The train leaves at 18:20. (schedule)
- Sabato lavoro fino a mezzogiorno.· On Saturday I work until midday. (known schedule)
Form, meaning, and contrast
Compare the second set of models. Identify the contrast in meaning, then check verb form, agreement, pronoun position, and the logical relation before you produce a new sentence.
- Domani farà più caldo.· Tomorrow it will be warmer. (prediction)
- Ti chiamerò appena arrivo.· I will call you as soon as I arrive. (promise)
- Forse visiteremo Lecce.· Perhaps we will visit Lecce. (possible plan)
- Non preoccuparti: troveremo una soluzione.· Do not worry: we will find a solution. (assurance)
In context
The words of this lesson in sentences from other A2 lessons.
- Domani lavorerò da casa.· Tomorrow I will work from home.Tappa 6 · Plans for the weekend
- L’anno prossimo visiteremo la Sicilia.· Next year we will visit Sicily.Tappa 6 · Plans for the weekend
- Stasera ceniamo alle otto.· Tonight we are having dinner at eight.Tappa 6 · Plans for the weekend
- Secondo le previsioni, farà freddo.· According to the forecast, it will be cold.Tappa 6 · Plans for the weekend
- Che tempo farà?· What will the weather be like?Tappa 6 · Forecast and event programme
- Farà caldo, ma forse pioverà domenica.· It will be hot, but perhaps it will rain on Sunday.Tappa 6 · Forecast and event programme
- Era estate e faceva caldo.· It was summer and it was hot.Tappa 2 · An old photograph
- Sì. Erano le sette, ero alla fermata dell’autobus e pioveva molto.· Yes. It was seven o’clock, I was at the bus stop and it was raining hard.Tappa 3 · A witness account
- Erano le sette, ero alla fermata dell’autobus e pioveva molto.· It was seven o’clock, I was at the bus stop and it was raining hard.Tappa 3 · A witness account
- Mando un messaggio a Sara. Le scrivo stasera.· I send a message to Sara. I will write to her tonight.Tappa 4 · Direct object pronouns