Por Mateo L.

The future tense is used to express actions or events that have not yet occurred.

There are many forms in which the future may be expressed. Formal Future Tense Ir + a + infinitive Pensar, querer, etc.

The formal future tense inserts a ‘with’ into each infinitive.

The future tense is formed by taking the infinitive of the verb and adding on specific endings.

The endings are all the same for ar/er/ir.

Singular Plural

1st Person é emos

2nd Person ás éis

3rd Person á án

ARellos sacar sacarán

ERnosotros planchar plancharemos

Iryo jugar jugaré

There are 12 irregular verbs in the formal future tense, all of which take the following roots and the aforementioned endings. special group r group d group

caber cabr decir dir haber habr hacer har

poder podr poner pondr querer querr saber sabr salir saldr tener tendr valer valdr venir vendr

1. Ella (to come) después de la competencia.

vendrá2. Nosotros (to speak) durante del

reunión.hablaremos

3. Tú no (to have) que pasar la aspiradora.tendrás

4. Yo nos (to drive) a escuela.conduciré

5. Vosotros (to know) la respuesta.sabréis

6. Sancho y yo (to fight) contra los molinos.

lucharemos7. Ellos no (to be able to) manejar.

podrán8. Tu madre y tú (to want) más.

querréis/querrán9. Yo (to go) al cine el viernes.

iré10. Tricia (to sleep) por muchas horas.

dormirá

11. Tú (to eat) tus legumbres.comerás

12. Nosotros (to get up) tarde.levantaremos

13. Dexter y Deb (to be) casados.estarán

14. Kara (to make) un nuveo avión. hará

15. Yo (to fit) en lugares pequeños. cabré

16. Vosotros no me (to hit). golpearéis

17. Ellos no (to say) la verdad.dirán

18. Tú (to forget) los ecuaciones.olvidarás

19. Roci (to be) la mejor perra del mundo.

será20. Nosotros (to leave) la fiesta

temprano. saldremos

Another way of expressing the future is to use ir and an infinitive to express that one is going to preform a certain action.

The second verb is not conjugated; only ir.

For a refresher, the conjugation of ir is:

Ex: ellos correr van a correr

Singular Plural

1st Person voy vamos

2nd Person vas vais

3rd Person va van

Other verbs express the future, such as pensar (to plan) and querer (to want).

The verbs are conjugated normally, but the sentences they are used in convey a sense future events.

Although representing the future, they are present tense verbs.

The subjunctive may also be used to express future or doubtful events.

It is used based on the probability of an event occuring.

To form the subjunctive, go to the yo form of the verb, drop the –o, and add the opposite ending of the verb.(If one has not learned the subjunctive yet, do not use it to express the future)

The future tense can be used to express the likelihood of an event occurring.

This depends on the context in which the future tense is used.

Ex: Gina no está aquí. Estará en casa.(Gina is not here. She is probably at

home.) Estoy triste. ¿Me amará? 

(I am sad. I wonder if she loves me.)

The future tense also serves as emphatic commands, where one orders another without objection.

Ex: Comerás las zanahorias. (You will eat the carrots.)

Ex: Cocinarás la cena.(You will make dinner.)

Events often may be described using the present or future tense.

For events occurring in the near future, use the present.

For events occurring in the distant future, use the future.

The varying forms of the future do not all take the conjugation of the formal future tense.

Only the future tense itself requires the special conjugation.

Ir, pensar, and querer will all take the present tense conjugation.

1. El próximo verano Juan no (going to go) de vacaciones a Florida.

va a ir2. Vosotros no (to plan to make) los pasteles.

pensáis hacer

3. Los muebles no (going to fit) en la sala.van a caber

4. Tú (to want to know) que te quiero.quieres saber

5. En enero mi tío (to plan to come) a visitarme.

piensa venir6. Es dudoso que yo (to be) justo.

sea7. Nosotros (going to jump) del edificio.

vamos a saltar8. Tus familiares (to want to leave) por

tren en una semana.quieren salir

9. Nadie (is going to do) la tarea.va a hacer

10. Yo (to plan to sleep) esta noche.pienso dormir

11. Dudo que tú (to win).ganes

12. Cain y yo no (to want to salir) todavía.

queremos salir