1. The
Future Tenses in
Spanish
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2. There are two tenses that you can use:
In English:
Future Tense
I am going to play
I will play
I will be playing
The Conditional
I would play
I would be playing
There are two tenses that you can use:
The Future
The Conditional
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3. The Immediate Future Tense
In English: I am going to play
The Immediate Future Tense is formed by using
The verb ir
+ a
+ infinitive
voy
vas va
vamos
vais
van
jugar
comer
vivir a
Van a vivir =
We are going to eat
They are going to live
I am going to play
vamos a comer =
Therefore voy a jugar =
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4. The Future Tense infinitive ending In English: I will play
I will be playing
The Future Tense is formed by using
infinitive
ending +
Beberemos =
Recibiré =
Hablarán =
He will
drink =
Recibiréis =
Hablaré = é
hablar
beber
recibir ás
They will
speak
I will speak
Beberá
I will receive
You (pl)
will receive
We will drink á
emos
éis án
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5. What makes the Future Tense easy to use ?
All infinitives use the same endings.
What makes the Future Tense more tricky ?
There are 12 irregular verbs in the Future Tense
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6. Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense:
to fit *
Tener means
to own or
to possess.
You will use this
verb a lot.
Haber is an
auxiliary or
“helping” verb.
You will use
it very rarely.
caber
decir
haber
hacer
poder
poner
querer
saber
salir
tener
valer
venir
cabré, cabrás, ….
diré
habré
haré
podré
pondré
querré
sabré
saldré
tendré
valdré
vendré
to say / tell
The endings are the same as for the regular verbs, but a future stem is used instead of the infinitive.
to have*
to do / make
to be able
to put
to want
to know (a fact)
to go out
to have*
to be worth
to come
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7. Some practice…… caber decir haber hacer poder poner querer saber salir
tener
valer
venir
cabré
diré
habré
haré
podré
pondré
querré
sabré
saldré
tendré
valdré
vendré
He will know
We will say
You (sg) will have
They will be able
You (pl) will go out
sabrá
diremos
tendrás
podrán
saldréis
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8. The Conditional Tense infinitive
In English: I would play
I would be playing
infinitive
The Conditional Tense is formed using the infinitive and endings. +
ending
The Conditional Tense is formed in a similar way to the Future Tense.
Existiríamos
You (pl)
would
listen
I would exist/
He/she would
exist
Escucharías =
They would
read
Leería =
These endings are the same for all verbs in the Conditional Tense ía
ías
íamos
íais
ían
escuchar
leer
existir
Leerían
Existiría
Escucharíais
We would
exist
I would read /
He/she would
read
You (sg)
would
listen
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9. In other words, the same as for the Future Tense !
Irregular verbs in the Conditional Tense
caber
decir
haber
hacer
poder
poner
querer
saber
salir
tener
valer
venir
to fit
to say / tell
to have
to do/to make
to be able can
to put/place
To want
know (fact)
to go out
to be worth
to come
cabría, cabrías, ….
diría
habría
haría
podría
pondría
querría
sabría
saldría
tendría
valdría
vendría
In other words, the same as for the Future Tense !
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10. FIN
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