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From: stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Stefano MacGregor)
Subject: Nit-picking
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Lastatempe skribis planders@mail.utexas.edu (Preston Landers) jene:
me>>Just as statements in the future tense in 
me>>English can be translated into Japanese, but that does not create a 
me>>future tense in Japanese.

>I've seen this referred to several times and I'm curious about it.  How does 
>one indicate future in Japan?  They seem to be a rather forward looking 
>people...

  Just as we do it in English sometimes:  toss in an adverb to imply when
the action takes place.  "I take off for Tokyo at 2:00 tomorrow morning." 
The verb is, as in English, in the "present" tense (though one Japanese
textbook I have calls this tense "non-past"). 

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