Traducción del futuro de probabilidad español al polaco

Abstract

In Spanish the forms of the tenses futuro and condicional (simple and compuesto), in addition to other values, mainly temporary ones, may indicate probability. The article presents the results of the analysis of Polish equivalents for these two tenses. We examine the use of tenses and aspectual forms that correspond to futuro and condicional in Polish, and we analyse lexical elements used by the translator to indicate the degree of certainty of the speaker towards the contents of his utterance. In Polish futuro and condicional are generally translated through the construction with the verb musieć and various particles, such as: zapewne, na pewno, przypuszczalnie, może; however in interrogative clauses there appears the verb móc or the emphatic particle -ż.