The Future Tense (Regular Verbs)
The future tense is pretty self explanatory. It depicts an action that will occur in the, well, future. The vast majority of Spanish learners start out with the ir + a + infinitive to indicate "going to" do something. Notice the following example:
Voy a trabajar mañana. I'm going to work tomorrow.
It's really that simple; however, as you progress in the Spanish speaking world, you will discover that there is an additional tense used to convey future actions. It's really quite easy to implement also. The future tense uses a set of standard suffixes that are affixed to the infinitive of the verb. Whether or not the verb is -ar, -er, or -ir means nothing. Using the verb hablar, let's conjugate it in the future:
hablaré I will talk
hablarás you will talk
hablará he/she/it will talk
hablaremos we will talk
hablaréis you (plural) will talk
hablarán they will talk
Notice that there is a spoken and written accent on the last syllable, which is very crucial not to omit. Other than that stipulation, the endings will not change, which will make it easier for you to learn.
Some notes about the future tense: the future tense is generally NOT employed when we have included a time and date in the sentence. In this case, we will just revert to the present tense in these scenarios. For example, if there is a party this Friday in which I plan to attend, I can say the following:
Este viernes asisto a tu fiesta. This Friday I will attend your party.
¡Sigue estudiando!
Professor Joel
It's really that simple; however, as you progress in the Spanish speaking world, you will discover that there is an additional tense used to convey future actions. It's really quite easy to implement also. The future tense uses a set of standard suffixes that are affixed to the infinitive of the verb. Whether or not the verb is -ar, -er, or -ir means nothing. Using the verb hablar, let's conjugate it in the future:
Notice that there is a spoken and written accent on the last syllable, which is very crucial not to omit. Other than that stipulation, the endings will not change, which will make it easier for you to learn.
Some notes about the future tense: the future tense is generally NOT employed when we have included a time and date in the sentence. In this case, we will just revert to the present tense in these scenarios. For example, if there is a party this Friday in which I plan to attend, I can say the following:
¡Sigue estudiando!
Professor Joel
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