Monday, January 25, 2010

Future Tenses

[This post has been updated: Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense. See below.]

Recognizing the future tense is easy. Why? Because the stress mark is always on the last syllable. I will simply list a few examples and you should be able to pick it up fairly easily.

Future Tense in Spanish:

The future tense in Spanish says in one word what English can take three words to say. When we say, "I will talk," we are speaking in a future tense. "I will talk with Rita" in Spanish is "Yo hablaré con Rita." The words "I will talk" are made up of one word in Spanish "Hablaré" (corresponding to the pronoun yo).

All verbs are conjugated the same by adding these endings at the end of the verb -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -án.

For example, conjugate the verbs: hablar (to speak), comer (to eat), Vivir (to live)

Future:

I will ___
yo hablaré
yo comeré
yo viviré

you will ___
tú hablarás
tú comerás
tú vivirás

he/she/you will ___
él/ella/usted hablará
él/ella/usted comerá
él/ella/usted vivirá

we will ___
nosotros hablaremos
nosotros comeremos
nosotros Viviremos

they/you all will ___
ellos/ellas/ustedes Hablarán
ellos/ellas/ustedes Comerán
ellos/ellas/ustedes Vivirán

A few examples:

Los taxistas sólo hablarán español, entonces tú debes practarlo.
The taxi drivers will only speak Spanish, so you should practice it.

Comeremos comida Dominicana en el restaurante Villar.
We will eat Dominican food at the restaurant Villar.

¿Dónde vivirás después de mudarte?
Where will you live after you move?


[Update] There are also irregular verb changes for the future tense that need to be known. These are:

Decir (to say, to tell) = (yo) diré, (tú) dirás, (él/usted) dirá, (nosotros) diremos, (ellos/ustedes) dirán.
Hacer (to do, to make) = (yo) haré, (tú) harás, (él/usted) hará, (nosotros) haremos, (ellos/ustedes) harán.
Poder (to be able) = (yo) podré, (tú) podrás, (él/usted) podrá, (nosotros) podremos, (ellos/ustedes) podrán.
Poner (to put, to place) = (yo) pondré, (tú) pondrás, (él/usted) pondrá, (nosotros) pondremos, (ellos/ustedes) pondrán.
Saber (to know) = (yo) sabré, (tú) sabrás, (él/usted) sabrá, (nosotros) sabremos, (ellos/ustedes) sabrán.
Salir (to go out, to leave) = (yo) saldré, (tú) saldrás, (él/usted) saldrá, (nosotros) saldremos, (ellos/ustedes) saldrán.
Tener (to have, as in possession) = (yo) tendré, (tú) tendrás, (él/usted) tendrá, (nosotros) tendremos, (ellos/ustedes) tendrán.
Venir (to come) = (yo) vendré, (tú) vendrás, (él/usted) vendrá, (nosotros) vendremos, (ellos/ustedes) vendrán.

Ejemplos:  
¿Vendrás conmigo? 
Will you come with me?  

Ok. Yo lo haré
Ok. I will make/do it.  

¿A qué hora saldrá el tren? 
What time will the train leave?

Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo, y sin duda nada podremos sacar.
(1 Timoteo 6:7 RVR60).
For we have brought nothing into this world, and doubtless we will not be able to take anything out.
(1 Timothy 6:7).

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