Wallace_Future Tense

Question 1

How does aspect relate to the future tense?

Answer 1

1. offers an external portrayal, something of a temporal counterpart to the aorist indicative (this is controversial)
2. the external portrayal “presents an occurrence in summary, viewed as a whole from the outside, without regard for the internal make-up of the occurrence”

Question 2

What is the predictive future?

Answer 2

indicates something will take place or come to pass in the future (most common by far)

Question 3

What is the imperatival future?

Answer 3

1. the future indicative is sometimes used for a command
2. the imperatival future is not identical with an imperative (has more of a universal timeless force to it; outside of Matt. very rare; usually comes through a literal translation of the Hebrew, “You shall be holy”)

Question 4

What is the deliberative future?

Answer 4

asks a question that implies some doubt about the response

Question 5

What person is the deliberative future in?

Answer 5

first person; either singular or plural

Question 6

What are the two types of questions the deliberative future asks?

Answer 6

1. cognitive “how will we?”

2. volitional “should we?”

Question 7

What is the force of such deliberative future questions?

Answer 7

one of oughtness;
that is one of possibility, desirability, or necessity (aorist subjunctive is more common than future indicative for this type of deliberation)