Future
This tense is used to express an action or a state of being that will take place at some time in the future.
1) Express an action that will take place in the future
Lo haré - I shall do it; I will do it.
2) Conjecture regarding the present
¿Qué hora será? - I wonder what
time it is?
¿Quién será? - Who can that be?; I wonder who that
can be?
3) Probability regarding the present
Serán las cinco. - It is probably five o'clock.; It must be five o'clock.
4) An indirect quotation
María dice que vendrá mañana. - Mary says she will come tomorrow.
Note: Dice (decir - to say) is in the present indicative tense.
For all regular verbs you add the appropriate ending below to entire infinitive.
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| vosotros(as) | - | éis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | - | án |
Test yourself on the following "-ar" verbs: "comprar - to buy", "llegar - to arrive" and "trabajar - to work". Once you think you know the answer place your cursor over the box and drag it to the right to reveal the answer.
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Test yourself on the following "-er" verbs: "aprender - to learn", "beber - to drink" and "comer - to eat". Once you think you know the answer place your cursor over the box and drag it to the right to reveal the answer.
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Test yourself on the following "-ir" verbs: "escribir - to write", "recibir - to receive" and "vivir - to live". Once you think you know the answer place your cursor over the box and drag it to the right to reveal the answer.
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Note: It can get a little confusing when you are using the word "si" to mean "if". When you are using "if" you are generally constructing an "if - result" statement. By this you mean that if something does exist you will do something or if something had existed you would have done something. For example you may say "If I have money I will go to the movies." - "Si tengo dinero, iré al cine." In this case you would use the present tense of "tener - to have" and the future tense of "ir - to go". But what if you say "If I had money I go to the movies." - "Si tuviera dinero, iría al cine." In this case you would use the imperfect subjunctive tense of "tener - to have" and the conditional tense of "ir - to go".