Future tense is the easiest tense in Spanish language, because there is no difference between –AR, -ER, -IR verbs in this tense; they all will have the same endings.
Saltar – to jump
| Yo saltaré | I will jump |
| Tú saltarás | You will jump |
| Él, ella, usted saltará | He, she, you will jump |
| Nosotros saltaremos | We will jump |
| Vosotros saltaréis | You will jump |
| Ellos, ustedes saltarán | They, you will jump |
All regular –AR, -ER, -IR verbs will have these endings in the future tense.
The verbs SER and IR are regular in this tense, however it is better to check their conjugate in order not to get confused with it:
| Ser – to be | Ir– to go | |
| Yo | seré | iré |
| Tú | serás | irás |
| Él, ella, usted | seré | iré |
| Nosotros | seremos | iremos |
| Vosotros | seráis | iréis |
| Ellos, ustedes | serán | irán |
Also, there are irregular verbs in this tense, they have the same endings, but another stem.
Irregular verbs:
Tener – to have, stem: TENDR-
Hacer – to do, stem: HAR-
Querer – to want, stem: QUERR-
Poder – can, stem: PODR-
Poner – to put, stem: PONDR-
Saber – to know, stem: SABR-
Decir – to say, stem: DIR-
Venir – to come, stem: VENDR-
Salir – to leave, stem: SALDR-
Examples
Yo iré a la plaza – I will go to the square
Nosotros querremos comer – We will want to eat
David traducirá el texto mañana – David will translate the text tomorrow
¿Tomarás las manzanas del árbol? – Will you take apples from the tree?
Un artista dibujará la imagen de nosotros – An artist will draw an image of us
¿Me amarás por siempre? – Will you love me forever?
Dos hermanos irán a la escuela juntos mañana – Two brother will go to school together tomorrow
Vendremos a la oficina en una hora – We will come to the office in one hour
¿Qué Usted hará si tiene un millón? – What will you do if you have a million?
Despues del entrenamiento sabréis muchas cosas – After the training you will know many things
Conjugate these regular verbs in future tense with all pronouns:
| Acordar – to agree Planificar – to plan Afectar – to affect Impactar – to impact Cocinar – to cook Discutir – to discuss Contar – to tell | Reparar – to repair Descansar – to rest Construir – to build Traducir – to translate Mostrar – to show Mirar – to watch/ to look Abrazar – to hug |
Near future – IR A + INFINITIVE
There is one more form of the future tense. In the English language we can say “to be going to do something”, “I am going to do something”, in Spanish this construction is almost the same.
IR A + INFINITIVE means “to be going to ….. (do something)”, i.e. in the near future. (IR is conjugated in the appropriate tense)
Examples
¿Quién va a venir aquí? – Who is going to come here?
Miguel iba a servir en el ejército – Miguel was going to serve in army
Mañana ella irá a empezar a hacer deporte – Tomorrow she will be going to start to do sport
La manufactura va a producir cien muestras – The manufacture is going to produce one hundred sample
¿Cuándo van a salir? – When are they going to leave?
Must/to have to
- Tener que – to have to
Tengo que cocinar la comida por la tarde – I have to cook the food for the evening
¿Qué tienes que hacer hoy? – What do you have to do today?
- Deber – must
Debemos saberlo – We must know it
Debe estar aquí – it must be here
- Hay que – one must (passive form)
Hay que tener un pasaporte – One must have a passport
Hay que mantener la paciencia – One must keep patience
Build sentences with these words:
| la plaza – square la iglesia – church la botella – bottle el salario – salary la televición – TV la bicicleta – bicycle | facíl – easy el auto – car el tren – train la puerta – door el trabajo – work el autobús – bus | la casa – home/house, el traductor – translator la autopista – highway la carretera – road la estación – station la habitación – room |
Exercises
Conjugate verbs in future tense
- Él la tarea antes de mañana (HACER – to do) – He will do this task before tomorrow
- Yo la botella en la mesa (PONER – to put) – I will put the bottle onto the table
- Mi padre una tequila de Mexico (TRAER – to bring) – My father will bring a tequila from Mexico
- ¿Cuándo Diana acá? (VENIR – to come) – When Diana come here?
- Los maesteros nuestras bicicletas (REPARAR – to repair) – The masters will repair our bicycles
- La maestra este tema (EXPLICAR – to explain) – The teacher will explain this subject
- El avión a los Estados Unidos (VOLAR – to fly) – The airplane will fly to the United States
- ¿ a un bar despues del trabajo? (IR – to go) – Will you (tú) go to a bar after work?
- ¿Te para el examen? (PREPARAR – to prepare) – Will you (Vosotros) prepare for the exam?
- ¿ mi salario o no? (AFECTAR – to affect) – Will it affect my salary or no?
- Nosotros al aeropuerto pronto (LLEGAR – to arrive) – We will arrive to the airport soon
- El sacerdote a la iglesia (SERVIR – to serve) – The priest will serve in the church
- Ella hasta las ocho (TRABAJAR – to work) – She will work until 8.
- El clima* bueno mañana – The weather will be good tomorrow (SER – to be; *-el clima – masculine exception with the ending -A)
- ¿ a tu madre mañana? (LLAMAR – to call) – Will you(Tú) call your mother tomorrow?
Answers
1: hará, 2: pondré, 3: traerá, 4: vendrá, 5: repararán, 6: explicará, 7: volará, 8: irás, 9: prepararáis, 10: afectará, 11: llegaremos, 12: servirá, 13: trabajará, 14: será, 15: llamarás