So, I looked up in a dictionary that the suffix「う」can indicate will. So, could
this possibly indicate future tense? If so, is there a special case?
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verbs suffixes future
「う」 for future tense
I think you may be talking about words like しよう and 食べよう, which are in the
volitional tense.

This tense generally expresses the intention or will of someone, as in.

```

    僕は日本に行こうと思ってる.
    I'm thinking of going to Japan.
    
```

It really doesn't have a direct parallel to English, and is a bit different
from what you would think of as "future tense". The concept of "~will" when
not referring to someone's intention would often be translated using the
normal dictionary form, i.e.:

```

    君は絶対負けるよ。
    You will definitely lose.
    
```

Japanese does not have a "future tense" per se, and when you see the
dictionary (i.e. "non past") tense, you must interpret it as either referring
to the present or the future.

The volitional form has many subtleties,
[here](http://selftaughtjapanese.com/2015/02/17/the-japanese-volitional-
form-%E3%81%97%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%80%81%E3%80%9C%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86-more-
than-just-lets/) is an article I wrote about a bunch of it's uses.
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