SPA211: The Future

The Future tense is the a tense that expresses actions that have not yet occurred… the future It is the equivalent of will or shall + verb in English I will study in Mexico this summer. Estudiaré en México este verano. Will you buy a new car this fall? ¿Comprarás un coche nuevo este otoño? The Future is also used to express conjecture or probability There will be a party this weekend. Habrá una fiesta este fin de semana. I wonder what time it is? ¿Qué hora será? It’s probably 2pm. Serán las dos There are 3 great things about conjugating the Future Tense. 1. Most verbs are regular in the future. 2. The infinitive (the entire verb) serves are the stem for almost all verbs. 3. The endings are the same for all three conjugations…-ar, -er, and –ir verbs. yo ... é ... trabajaré, aprenderé, escribiré tú ... ás ... trabajarás, aprenderás, escribirás él/ella/Ud. ... á ... trabajará, aprenderá, escribirá nosotros ... emos ... trabajaremos, aprenderemos, escribiremos vosotros ... éis ... trabajaréis, aprenderéis, escribiréis ellos/ellas/Uds. ... án ... trabajarán, aprenderán, escribirán There are a few verbs that are irregular in the future tense: Here are verbs that drop the e from the infinitive before adding the future ending: Haber-to have habr- habré Poder-to be able podr- podré Querer-to want querr- querré Saber-to know sabr- sabré Here are verbs that change e or i in the infinitive to ‘d’ before adding the future ending: Poner-to put pondr- pondrá Salir-to leave saldr- saldrá Tener-to have tendr- tendrá Venir-to come vendr- vendrá Here are verbs that drop the c and the e from the infinitive before adding the future ending: Decir-to say dir- diremos Hacer-to do/make har- haremos