Spanish 2.4. Future Tense

One informal but common way in Spanish to express the future tense in the indicative mood is by using the auxiliary verb “ir” (to go) to form “ir + a + infinitive.” For example, “Yo voy a viajar,” literally means “I go to travel,” but it is similar in purpose to the English expression “I am going to travel.” To form the informal future tense, “ir” can be used only in the simple present tense.

  -ar ending
e.g., hablar		-er ending
e.g., comer		-ir ending
e.g., vivir
yovoy ahablarcomervivir
túvas a
él/ella/ustedva a
nosotros/-asvamos a
vosotros/-asvais a
ellos/ellas/ustedesvan a

Simple Future Tense

The formal simple future tense is also used to express events in the future and is more common in written literature. The regular verb conjugation is the same for all verb endings. Different endings must only agree with the subject pronoun.

 -ar ending
hablar (to speak)		-er ending
comer (to eat)		-ir ending
vivir (to live)
yohablarécomeréviviré
túhablaráscomerásvivirás
él/ella/ustedhablarácomerávivirá
nosotros/-ashablaremoscomeremosviviremos
vosotros/-ashablaréiscomeréisviviréis
ellos/ellas/ustedeshablaráncomeránvivirán

In addition to expressing events in the future, the simple future tense can express conjecture or possibility. For example, “La chica tendrá 15 años” (The girl might be 15 years old), “¿Dónde estará mi celular?” (Where could my cell phone be?).

Another less common use of the simple future tense is giving commands. For example, “No mentirás” (You shall/will not lie), “Te sentarás acá” (You shall/will sit here).

Irregular Verbs

There are a few irregular verbs in the simple future tense, but only twelve are common, which we will discuss here.

1. Some verbs ending in “-er” and “-ir” drop the “e” or “i” from the infinitive and add a “d.”

There are five common verbs in this category: “tener” (to have), “poner” (to put), “valer” (to value or be worth), “venir” (to come), and “salir” (to go outor to exit).

 tener
tendr-		poner
pondr-		valer
valdr-		venir
vendr-		salir
saldr-
yotendrépondrévaldrévendrésaldré
tútendráspondrásvaldrásvendrássaldrás
él/ella/ustedtendrápondrávaldrávendrásaldrá
nosotros/-astendremospondremosvaldremosvendremossaldremos
vosotros/-astendréispondréisvaldréisvendréissaldréis
ellos/ellas/ustedestendránpondránvaldránvendránsaldrán

2. Some verbs ending in “-er” drop the “e” from the infinitive.

There are also five common verbs in this category: “saber” (to know), “poder” (can), “caber” (to fit), “querer” (to want), and “haber,” which is an auxiliary verb equivalent to the English auxiliary verb “have.”

 saber
sabr-		poder
podr-		caber
cabr-		querer
querr-		haber
habr-
yosabrépodrécabréquerréhabré
túsabráspodráscabrásquerráshabrás
él/ella/ustedsabrápodrácabráquerráhabrá
nosotros/-assabremospodremoscabremosquerremoshabremos
vosotros/-assabréispodréiscabréisquerréishabréis
ellos/ellas/ustedessabránpodráncabránquerránhabrán

3. The verbs “decir” (to say) and “hacer” (to door to make) change their stem to “dir-” and “har-” to form the simple future tense conjugation.

These two verbs are irregular:

 decir
dir-		hacer
har-
yodiréharé
túdirásharás
él/ella/usteddiráhará
nosotros/-asdiremosharemos
vosotros/-asdiréisharéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdiránharán

Quiz: Simple Future Tense in Spanish

Spanish: Simple Future Tense

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1. Conjugate the Spanish verb "ir" (to go) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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2. I am going to travel. 

SP: Yo  viajar.

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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3. Conjugate the Spanish verb "venir" (to come) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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4. Conjugate the Spanish verb "poder" (to be able to) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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5. Conjugate the Spanish verb "vivir" (to live) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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6. Conjugate the Spanish verb "salir" (to exit or go out) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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7. Conjugate the Spanish verb "haber" (an auxiliary verb equivalent to the English auxiliary verb “have”) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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8. Conjugate the Spanish verb "decir" (to say or tell) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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9. Conjugate the Spanish verb "poner" (to put) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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10. He is going to speak. 

SP: Él  hablar.

 

 Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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11. Conjugate the Spanish verb "comer" (to eat) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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12. Conjugate the Spanish verb "querer" (to want) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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13. Conjugate the Spanish verb "caber" (to fit) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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14. We will sleep all day tomorrow.

SP: Mañana  todo el día.

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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15. She will buy a house in Rome. (to buy = comprar)

SP: Ella una casa en Roma.

 

 Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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16. Conjugate the Spanish verb "valer" (to value or be worth) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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17. Conjugate the Spanish verb "hacer" (to do or make) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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18. Conjugate the Spanish verb "saber" (to know) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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19. Conjugate the Spanish verb "tener" (to have) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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20. Conjugate the Spanish verb "hablar" (to speak) in the simple future tense.

yo
tú
él/ella/usted
nosotros/as
vosotros/-as
ellos/ellas/ustedes

 

Accented letters (if needed):

á é í ó ú ñ ü

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Level II – Beginner

1.     Masculine & Feminine Nouns & Adjectives

2.    Present Indicative Tense II: Irregular Verbs

3.    The Verb “to Be”: “Ser” vs. “Estar”

4.    Future Tense

5.    Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns

6.    Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns

7.    Object Personal Pronouns

7.1. Combining Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

8.    Relative Pronouns

9.    Ordinal Numbers I

10. Times & Seasons