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 Spanish Future Tense, Regular Verbs Conjugation

Good news! Did you know that the Future tense is very easy to conjugate?

We already know that when conjugating a Spanish verb, we have to:

1. Take the stem

2. Add the corresponding endings to that stem, according to the tense.

So, for example, if we want to conjugate the Imperfect for the (regular) verb 'andar', we have to

take its stem: 'and-', and add the imperfect endings:

(yo) and-aba

(tu) and-abas

(el/ella) and-aba

etc...

All the contrary, if we want to conjugate the Furute Tense, we don't need to take the stem of

the verb, but just the INFINITIVE and then attach the future endings to it.

FUTURE ENDINGS

:

(yo) andar-é

(tu) andar-ás

(el/ella) andar-á

(nosotros) andar-emos

(vosotros) andar-éis

(ellos/ellas) andar-án

And another good thing is that there are few irregular verbs in future tense!

First, let's learn how to conjugate Regular Verbs in Future: As you can see below, the table

shows the conjugation for First, Second and Third Conjugation Verbs, that's: verbs ending in -

ar, -er and -ir.

FUTURE TENSE CONJUGATION - Regular Verbs

Sample Verbs: Andar (To walk), Comer (To eat), Vivir (To live) [These are infinitives]

Andar(First Conjugation

Verb)(I'll walk...)

Comer(Second Conjugation

Verb)(I'll eat...)

Vivir(Third Conjugation

Verb)(I'll live...)

Yo andaré comeré viviréTú andarás comerás vivirásÉl / Ella / Usted andará comerá viviráNosotros / Nosotras andaremos comeremos viviremos

Vosotros / Vosotras andaréis comeréis viviréis

Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes andarán comerán vivirán

Note that these three types use the same Future endings:

Future T.endings

Andar(I'll walk...)

Comer(I'll eat...)

Vivir((I'll live...)

Yo -é andar-é comer-é vivir-éTú -ás andar-ás comer-ás vivir-ásÉl / Ella / Usted -á andar-á comer-á vivir-áNosotros / Nosotras -emos andar-emos comer-emos vivir-emosVosotros / Vosotras -éis andar-éis comer-éis vivir-éisEllos / Ellas / Ustedes -án andar-án comer-án vivir-án