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 a. A few examples are: (ÇB.) it is going to rain; Parjanya is going to be rich in rain this year;  (RV.) whoever does not know that, what will he do with verse?  (ÇB.) we are going to build the two fires; then what will you do?  (ÇB.) him Indra ran at, intending to slay;  (RV.) if ye will do thus, ye shall be worthy of the sacrifice along with the gods;  (AV.) thy teeth will fall out;  (AV.) thou shalt not die; be not afraid;  (MBh.) tell us; where are you going to go?  (MBh.) if you shall reject me, I will resort to poison. As in other languages, the tense is also sometimes used for the expression of a conjecture or presumption: thus: (MBh.) ''who is this? he is doubtless a god, or a Gandharva; (MBh.) they must be sleeping now''.

b. The spheres of future and desiderative border upon one another, and the one is sometimes met with where the other might be expected. Examples of the future taken in a quasi-desiderative sense are as follows: (RV.) what favor thou willest to bestow on thy worshiper, that of thee becometh actual (is surely brought about);  (ÇB.) as if, intending to say one thing, one were to say another.

949. The periphrastic future is defined by the grammarians as expressing something to be done at a definite time to come. And this, though but faintly traceable in later use, is a distinct characteristic of the formation in the language where it first makes its appearance. It is especially often used along with tomorrow.

a. A few examples are: (MS.) it is going to rain today; it will rain tomorrow;  (K.) whichever of the two parties these shall choose tomorrow, they will conquer;  (TB.) we shall sacrifice tomorrow morning;  (ÇB.) on such and such a day I will cook for you;  (ÇB.) then you shall lie with me one night, and at that time this son of yours will be born. In other cases, this definiteness of time is wanting, but an emphasis, as of special certainty, seems perhaps to belong to the form: thus, (ÇB.) ''support me and I will save you, said it. From what will you save me? said he. A flood is going to carry off all these creatures; from that I will save you, said it; (GB.) they set up a lamentation: "we are going to meet with great pain and dread";  (TA.) I sacrifice, I have sacrificed, and I shall sacrifice''. In yet other cases,