Future Conjugations

Conjugaciones del futuro

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The future is one of the simplest Spanish tenses. There is only one set of endings and most verbs – even those which are irregular in the present tense – use their infinitive as the root of the conjugation.

To form the future tense of -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs, add the appropriate ending to the infinitive.

	Singular		Plural
1st person	yo	-é	nosotros	-emos
2nd person	tú	-ás	vosotros	-éis
3rd person	él ella Ud.	-á	ellos Uds.	-án

Some verbs have irregular future stems, but they still use the same endings as regular verbs. The following table lists verbs with irregular future stems (note that the stem always ends in R, and that these are the exact same as the irregular conditional stems):

Verb	Future stem	Similarly-conjugated verbs
caber	cabr-
decir	dir-
haber	habr-
hacer	har-
oír	oir- *
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-	componer, disponer, imponer, proponer, reponerse, suponer
querer	querr-
reír	reir- *	sonreír
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
tener	tendr-	contener, detener, mantener, obtener, retener
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

* These verbs lose their accent when used as future stems.

Here are examples of -AR, -ER, -IR, and irregular verbs in the future tense:

	hablar	comer	partir	saber	ir
yo	hablaré	comeré	partiré	sabré	iré
tú	hablarás	comerás	partirás	sabrás	irás
él/ella/Ud.	hablará	comerá	partirá	sabrá	irá
nosotros	hablaremos	comeremos	partiremos	sabremos	iremos
vosotros	hablaréis	comeréis	partiréis	sabréis	iréis
ellos/Uds.	hablarán	comerán	partirán	sabrán	irán

 
 Future Quizzes

Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on the Spanish future with these fill-in-the-blanks exercises:

• Una aventura en la nieve
• En el gimnasio
• Un invierno calentito
• Profesora digital
• El tren de fresa

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 Related lessons

• Using the future tense
• Future tense – PwLS super list
• Conditional mood
   

 En français

• Le futur
   

 In italiano

• Il futuro
   

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