Future Tense
Learn Spanish: The Future Tense in Spanish
This learn Spanish grammar lesson in on the Spanish future tense - when to use it and how Spanish verbs are conjugated in the future tense.
In Spanish, the future tense is used to express what will occur or will not ocurr.
| Llegaré a las 8:00 de la noche. |
I will arrive at 8:00 pm. |
| Mi avión no saldrá a horario. |
My airplane will not take off on time. |
In Spanish, as in English, the future tense is used to express the result of an hypothetical situation.
| Si el autobús no llega, tomaremos un taxi. |
If the bus doesn’t arrive, we will take a taxi. |
In Spanish, the future tense is also used to wonder or to express probability.
| Quién será? |
I wonder who it could be? |
| ¿Será tu mama? |
Could it be your mother? |
| ¿Qué hora será? |
I wonder what time it is? |
| Serán las ocho. |
It’s probably eight o’clock. |
There are tree ways to express the future in Spanish
1.Using present tense:
Te llamo mañana.
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I will call you tomorrow. |
2. Using the expression: Ir + a + infinitive
Vamos a bailar el sábado |
We are going to dance on Saturday. |
3. Using future tense
Viajaré a Europa en mes próximo |
I will go to Europe next month. |
Forms of future tense for regular ar, er and ir verbs
Infinitive + -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án
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viajar |
comer |
ir |
| Yo |
Viajaré |
comeré |
iré |
| Tú |
Viajarás |
comerás |
irás |
| Usted/Él/Ella |
Viajará |
comerá |
irá |
| Nosotros |
Viajaremos |
comeremos |
iremos |
| Vosotros |
Viajaréis |
comeréis |
iréis |
| Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas |
Viajarán |
comerán |
irán |
¿Cuándo viajarás a España?
When will you travel to Spain?
Viajaré a España este verano.
I will travel to Spain this summer.
Irregular forms of the future tense
There are irregular forms of the future tense that are formed by:
irregular stem + the regular endings
| Verb |
Irregular Stem |
| Hacer |
Har |
| Decir |
Dir |
| Querer |
Quer |
| Caber |
Cabr |
| Haber |
Habr |
| Saber |
Sabr |
| Poder |
Podr |
| Poner |
Pondr |
| Salir |
Saldr |
| Tener |
Tendr |
| Venir |
Vendr |
| Valen |
Valdr |
Qué harás esta tarde?
What will you do this afternoon?
Saldré con mis amigos.
I will go out with my friends.
Hay in the Future Tense
Hay means there is or there are; this is the present tense. In the Spanish future tense, hay becomes habrá, which means there will be.
Habrá tres estudiantes esperando.
There will be three students waiting.
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