Spanish Future Tense, Regular Verbs Conjugation
Good news! Did you know that the Future tense is very easy to conjugate?
We already know that when conjugating a Spanish verb, we have to:
1. Take the stem
2. Add the corresponding endings to that stem, according to the tense.
So, for example, if we want to conjugate the Imperfect for the (regular) verb 'andar', we have to take its stem: 'and-', and add the imperfect endings:
(yo) and-aba
(tu) and-abas
(el/ella) and-aba
etc...
All the contrary, if we want to conjugate the Furute Tense, we don't need to take the stem of the verb, but just the INFINITIVE and then attach the future endings to it.
FUTURE ENDINGS :
(yo) andar-é
(tu) andar-ás
(el/ella) andar-á
(nosotros) andar-emos
(vosotros) andar-éis
(ellos/ellas) andar-án
And another good thing is that there are few irregular verbs in future tense!
First, let's learn how to conjugate Regular Verbs in Future: As you can see below, the table shows the conjugation for First, Second and Third Conjugation Verbs, that's: verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir.
FUTURE TENSE CONJUGATION - Regular Verbs
Sample Verbs: Andar (To walk), Comer (To eat), Vivir (To live) [These are infinitives] (Click on any form and listen how it is pronounced)
Note that these three types use the same Future endings:
Hope this helps!
See also:
Recommended material:
You can find below some materials / web pages that, from my point of view, can be useful and interesting:
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We already know that when conjugating a Spanish verb, we have to:
1. Take the stem
2. Add the corresponding endings to that stem, according to the tense.
So, for example, if we want to conjugate the Imperfect for the (regular) verb 'andar', we have to take its stem: 'and-', and add the imperfect endings:
(tu) and-abas
(el/ella) and-aba
etc...
All the contrary, if we want to conjugate the Furute Tense, we don't need to take the stem of the verb, but just the INFINITIVE and then attach the future endings to it.
(tu) andar-ás
(el/ella) andar-á
(nosotros) andar-emos
(vosotros) andar-éis
(ellos/ellas) andar-án
And another good thing is that there are few irregular verbs in future tense!
First, let's learn how to conjugate Regular Verbs in Future: As you can see below, the table shows the conjugation for First, Second and Third Conjugation Verbs, that's: verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir.
Sample Verbs: Andar (To walk), Comer (To eat), Vivir (To live) [These are infinitives]
(First Conjugation Verb) (I'll walk...) | (Second Conjugation Verb) (I'll eat...) | (Third Conjugation Verb) (I'll live...) | |
| Yo | |||
| Tú | |||
| Él / Ella / Usted | |||
| Nosotros / Nosotras | |||
| Vosotros / Vosotras | |||
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes |
Note that these three types use the same Future endings:
endings | (I'll walk...) | (I'll eat...) | (I'll live...) | |
| Yo | ||||
| Tú | ||||
| Él / Ella / Usted | ||||
| Nosotros / Nosotras | ||||
| Vosotros / Vosotras | ||||
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes |
Hope this helps!
See also:
| Spanish Future tense | Grammar and free exercises about the Spanish Future tense. |
| Spanish Simple Future Tense | Play this millionaire style game to practice the simple future tense. (From Quia.com) |
Recommended material:
You can find below some materials / web pages that, from my point of view, can be useful and interesting:
| Visual Link Spanish™ - Just click, listen and repeat! Don't just learn Spanish; put it into practice with a unique guided, step-by-step system. I've tested it and I wish I had something similar when I studed English!! |
| Lo más TV | Such a funny, intelligent and useful way to learn and enjoy the Spanish language!! It is a web based activity and offers new videos on a weekly basis. By clicking on any of them you'll be taken to a new page were you can chose between dial-up or broadband. The load is fast, and in few seconds you will be watching and listening to the video. |
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Content copyright © 2023 by Angeles Fernández. All rights reserved.
This content was written by Angeles Fernández. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact Angeles Fernandez for details.
