Future Adverbs 将 and 将要
Use 将 as the formal “will” in notices and news, and 将要…了 for something that is about to happen.
Pattern
subject + 将 + verb (formal “will”); subject + 将要 + verb (+ 了)
将 is the written “will”; in conversation you would usually say 会 or 要…了 instead.
新图书馆将在九月开放。
When to use Future Adverbs 将 and 将要
将 and 将要 go before the verb, ahead of any time or place phrase in front of it, and mark something that will happen. 将 is a formal, written “will”, common in news, notices and speeches: 新图书馆将在九月开放. 将要 means “be going to, be about to”, usually about the near future, and often ends with 了: 火车将要开了. In everyday chat, people more often say 会 or 要/快要…了.
运动会将于下周五举行。
The sports day will be held next Friday.
火车将要开了，请大家快上车。
The train is about to leave; please get on quickly, everyone.
我们将要毕业了。
We’re about to graduate.
明天的活动将改在体育馆举行。
Tomorrow’s event will be moved to the gym.
Common traps
- Don’t use 将 as a time word: 将来我想当老师, not 将我想当老师.
- Don’t use 将 in casual chat: 我明天会去找你 sounds natural, while 我明天将去找你 sounds like an official notice.
- Put 不 after 将, not before it: 明天将不上课, not 明天不将上课.
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