Questions & Answers about Я получу подарок завтра.
Why is the verb получу used here instead of получаю or буду получать?
Russian has two aspects: imperfective and perfective.
- получать (imperfective) → focuses on the process / repeated action
- future: я буду получать подарок = I will be receiving a present / I will regularly get presents
- получить (perfective) → focuses on the result / completed action
- future: я получу подарок = I will get (I will receive) a present (one completed act)
In Я получу подарок завтра, the speaker is talking about one specific, completed event in the future: at some point tomorrow, the act of receiving will be finished. That’s why the perfective получу is used instead of получаю (present) or буду получать (imperfective future).
What’s the difference between получать and получить exactly?