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Questions & Answers about Подія відбудеться завтра.
Why doesn’t the sentence require an auxiliary verb to express the future tense like in English (with "will")?
In Ukrainian, the future meaning is built directly into the conjugated form of the verb. In this example, відбудеться is a perfective verb form that inherently indicates a future action, so there’s no need for a separate word such as will.
What does the word Подія mean in this sentence?
Подія translates to event in English, referring to something that is scheduled to happen.
How is the future tense formed in the verb відбудеться?
The verb відбудеться is in the future tense because it is a perfective verb. In Ukrainian, perfective verbs indicate that an action will occur, and their conjugated forms carry the future meaning without requiring an additional auxiliary verb.
What does the word завтра indicate in this sentence?
завтра means tomorrow and provides the time reference for when the event is going to take place.
Why does відбудеться end with -еться and what does that suffix signify?
The ending -еться marks the verb as reflexive. In Ukrainian, many verbs use reflexive endings to indicate that the action occurs by itself or is not directed toward a specific object. In this context, it simply forms part of the standard future conjugation of the verb.