"Usted va a tomar esa clase."

Translation: You will take that class.

[Sarah_Starshi]

Tomará esa clase = You will take that class.

[Jibbz]

'Going to' and 'Will' express two different levels of certainty.

[caiser]

"va a tomar" and "tomará" are similar constructions in Spanish

[Lavmarx]

They both mean the same.

[skepticalways]

All I know is Duo teaches the "going to" future first (I think they call it a form of "ir+ infinitive"), and then the simple future later, as two separate levels, so you conjugate the ir part, and then the infinitive follows. I think the course is made that way so we can use the verb forms we already know, whereas the simple future gives us yet another set of verbs to have to learn.

So, when Duo puts a voy a + infinitive construction, that's what I give him. (I obey Master Duo when memory serves me.) ;-)

[WilliamHud8]

"va a tomar" also means "going to take" too

[Ranchers1]

How would you differenciate "You are going to take that class?" or a Father ordering his son "You are going to take that class."

[12345ann]

intonation!

[Lirodin]

I just typed in you're going to take that course? I don't get why is it wrong? course and class are synonyms aren't they?

[Ryan144464]

Well, ive lived in places where course meant a whole course of study (like what you are studying, IT or graphic design etc)

[Jugolito]

They are indeed and "course" should be an acceptable translation for "clase".

[TheHandShand]

All the confusion in this thread is warranted. There is simply no reason to translate this as "will take" when it is CLEARLY going to take. We have plenty of things to trip us up while learning Spanish so why unnecessarily mix up these two methods of expressing the future.

For he or she:

Va a tomar= going to take

Tomará= will take

[steveg53]

I dont see the ...you will take...i see ....you are going to take....?????confusing

[bassheadxx]

I keep reading this as "You are going to drink that class"