2.5: Future Tense

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- 2.4.1: Practice the Subjunctive with Conjunctions
- 2.5.1: Practice Future Tense

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El tiempo futuro

In previous semesters, you learned to talk about the future by using a combination of two or more verbs in which the first verb was conjugated in present tense and the rest were used in infinitive form. For example, "voy a comer pizza mañana" (I'm going to eat pizza tomorrow), "tengo que estudiar esta tarde" (I have to study this afternoon), or "queremos ir a la playa el sábado" (we want to go to the beach on Saturday). Although, these sentences refer to the future, they are not using future tense.

The future tense expresses actions that "will" happen in the future. In English, you use two words, "will + verb", to indicate future; in Spanish, only one verb conjugated in the fture is needed.

Conjugación: verbos regulares

In Spanish, the future tense is expressed in a single word, unlike English that uses the auxiliar verb "will". All verbs, regular and irregular, have the same endings: -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án. All endings require an accent mark, except the ending for "nosotros". Regular verbs in future tense are conjugated by adding the new ending to the full verb. There is no need to drop the infinitive ending.

Future Tense: Conjugation of Regular Verbs
Infinitivo	Yo	Tú	Usted/él/ella	Nosotros	Vosotros	Ustedes/ellos
trabajar	trabajaré	trabajarás	trabajrá	trabajaremos	trabajaréis	trabajarán
traer	traeré	traerás	traerá	traeremos	traeréis	traerán
pedir	pediré	pedirás	pedirá	pediremos	pediréis	pedirán

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Conjugación: verbos irregulares

Future tense has its own set of irregular verbs. Many of the verbs that are irregular or stem-changing in other tenses, in future tense they are regular verbs. To conjugate irregular verbs in the future, memorize the irregular stem of each verb and add the endings used to conjugate regular verbs.

Future Tense: Conjugation of Irregular Verbs
Infinitivo	Raíz irregular	Yo	Tú	Usted/él/ella	Nosotros	Vosotros	Ustedes/ellos
decir	dir-	diré	dirás	dirá	diremos	diréis	dirán
hacer	har-	haré	harás	hará	haremos	haréis	harán
poder	podr-	podré	podrás	podrá	podremos	podréis	podrán
poner	pondr-	pondré	pondrás	pondrá	pondremos	pondréis	pondrán
querer	querr-	querré	querrás	querrá	querremos	querréis	querrán
saber	sabr-	sabré	sabrás	sabrá	sabremos	sabréis	sabrán
salir	saldr-	saldré	saldrás	saldrá	saldremos	saldréis	saldrán
tener	tendr-	tendré	tendrás	tendrá	tendremos	tendréis	tendrán
venir	vendr-	vendré	vendrás	vendrá	vendremos	vendréis	vendrán

The future of "hay" is also irregular, "habrá". This conjugation translates as "there will be" and it could be used in a singular or plural context:

Habrá muchos estudiantes en mi clase. (There will be many students in my class.)
Sólo habrá un estudiante en mi clase. (There will only be one student in my class.)

Ejemplos

En el verano solicitaré trabajo en un hospital. (In the summer, I will apply for a job in a hospital.)
Después de que me gradúe, viajaré por América Latina. (After I graduate, I will travel through Latin America.)
Antes de que termine el semestre, mi familia vendrá a visitarme. (Before the end of the semester, my family will come to visit me.)
En el futuro, trabajaré mucho y tendré mucho dinero. (In the future, I will work hard and I will have a lot of money.)

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El tiempo futuro

Conjugación: verbos regulares

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Conjugación: verbos irregulares

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