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Russian often forms the future of imperfective verbs with быть + infinitive:
- я буду пить = I will be drinking / I will drink (in a general, ongoing, or habitual sense)
- буду is the 1st person singular future form of быть (to be)
- пить is the infinitive (to drink)
So я не буду пить literally means “I will not be (in the state of) drinking,” i.e., “I won’t drink.”
Because пить is imperfective. Imperfective verbs do not have a simple one-word future; they use буду/будешь/будет… + infinitive. A one-word future is typical for perfective verbs (e.g., выпью).
They’re both “I won’t drink soda today,” but the nuance differs:
- Я не буду пить… (imperfective future): focuses on the plan/decision not to drink it (not doing the activity).
- Я не выпью… (perfective future): focuses on not completing a drink/serving (not having even one, not finishing it).
In many everyday contexts, both can work; не буду пить often sounds like a straightforward choice/plan.