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How to express curiosity? Frequently I want to say "I wonder what will happen" or "I wonder why that happened", but I have no idea how to say it in Russian.

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I wonder what will happen = Интересно, что будет? I wonder why that happened = Интересно, почему это случилось? Интересно, почему это произошло?
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Scarlet, the same problem on my side too. Rarely I use "I wonder" and each time I read it I wonder what could be a good Russian translation for this) Интересно can express _exactly_ the same _emotion_ in many but not all cases. It is different grammatically: you can't say something like "I can't help but wonder" and maybe can say some things you can't express in English. It may imply that your interest is shared: you _draw_ attention to a question of interest this way. It is "интересно" (it's interesting) not "мне интересно" (it's interesting to me). It works perfectly for causual curiousity, for sidenotes, for irony. Use it when its literal meaning (curiousity, interest) makes sense. It doesn't work as a translation for more serious usages of "I wonder".
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I wonder what will happen --- Интересно, что случится/произойдет. I wonder why that happened --- Интересно, почему это случилось/произошло.
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Интересно, что будет, если... Интересно, что произойдет, если... Мне интересно, почему это произошло. Интересно, почему так вышло. Интересно было бы узнать, почему это случилось.
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I wonder what will happen --- Интересно, что случится/произойдет. I wonder why that happened --- Интересно, почему это случилось/произошло.

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