Spanish Verbs Future Tense El futuro - Bucks County Community College

Spanish Verbs ? Future Tense El futuro

The future tense is used to talk about events that will occur in the future.

All three verb types, -AR, -ER and ?IR have the same conjugation endings in this tense.

Steps to conjugate regular -AR, -ER and -IR verbs in the future tense:

1. Identify the infinitive form of the verb. 2. Choose the appropriate ending. 3. Add the ending directly to the infinitive form of the verb. DO NOT DROP the ?AR, -ER, or -IR

ending from the verb.

-AR/ -ER/ -IR yo -? nosotros -emos

t? -?s vosotros -?is

?l/ella/ ellos/ellas/ usted -? ustedes - ?n

yo pintar? ? I will paint

pintar ? to paint

nosotros pintaremos ? We will paint

t? pintar?s ? You will paint

vosotros pintar?is ? You (pl.) will paint

?l/ella/usted pintar? ? He/she/you (formal) will paint

ellos/ellas/ustedes pintar?n ? They/you ( pl.) will paint

yo correr? ? I will run

correr ? to run

nosotros correremos ? We will run

t? correr?s ? You will run

vosotros correr?is ? You (pl.) will run

?l/ella/usted correr? ? He/she/you (formal) will run

ellos/ellas/ustedes correr?n ? They/you (pl.) will run

yo describir? ? I will describe

describir ? to describe

nosotros describiremos ? We will describe

t? describir?s ? You will describe

vosotros describir?is ? You (pl.) will describe

?l/ella/usted describir? ? He/she/you (formal) will describe ellos/ellas/ustedes describir?n ? They/you (pl.) will describe

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 An alternative way to express the future in Spanish is to use the verb ir a + infinitive. This is equivalent to the verb to go + infinitive in English. This is often used to express the immediate future.

Voy a estudiar por cinco horas ma?ana. I am going to study for five hours tomorrow.

Vamos a comer en un restaurante elegante est? noche. We are going to eat in an elegant restaurant tonight.

?Qu? vas a hacer est? tarde? What are you going to do this afternoon?

The use of the verb esperar (to hope) + infinitive is also used to express the immediate future in Spanish.

Yo espero ir al cine con mis amigos est? noche. I hope to go to the movies with my friends tonight.

Los estudiantes esperan estudiar juntos ma?ana. The students hope to study together tomorrow.

There are many common verbs that use an irregular stem, instead of the entire infinitive, when forming the future tense. These irregular stems are also used in the conditional tense.

Verb

poder ? to be able to haber ? to have (aux.) caber ? to fit saber ? to know querer ? to want or to love poner ? to put salir? to go out tener ? to have venir ? to come valer ? to be worth decir ? to say hacer ? to do or to make

Irregular Stem

podr habr cabr sabr querr pondr saldr tendr vendr valdr dir har-

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Saldremos a las ocho y media de la noche. We will leave at eight thirty at night.

Har? la tarea ma?ana. I will do the homework tomorrow.

El mes que viene habr? una fiesta para mi cumplea?os. Next month there will be a party for my birthday.

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