The Future Tense

There is a verb tense used only with Future action called..... the Future Tense.

This tense is used to express action that WILL happen.

This tense is formed bytaking the INFINITIVE and adding the following endings:

áná

éisás

emosé

Un ejemplo.....

They/You (all) will buy

compraránellos/ellas/uds.

You (all) will buy(used in Spain)

compraréisvosotrosvosotras

We will buycompraremosnosotrosnosotras

You/He/She will buy

compraráud./él/ella

You will buycomprarástú

I will buycompraréyo

Ejemplos

Tomás nunca hablará inglés en España.Thomas will never speak English in Spain.

Iremos a Francia este verano.We will go to France this summer.

Seré millonario algún día.I will be a millionaire some day.

¿Cómo se dice......?

I will study for the test.

¿Cómo se dice......?

Will you bring the music to the party?

¿Cómo se dice......?

We will be there at 11:00 am.

Certain verbs use an irregular stem in the Future Tense…. Saber sabr- Poner pondr- Haber habr- Poder podr- Querer querr- Salir saldr- Tener tendr- Valer valdr- Venir vendr- Decir dir- Hacer har-

They do use the same endings as the regular forms:

áná

éisás

emosé

Ejemplos........ Yo te diré cuando puedas salir.

I will tell you when you can leave. Haremos las tareas después.

We will do the homework later. ¡Qué lástima! Manuel no podrá venir a la fiesta.

What a shame! Manuel will not be able to come to the party.

The Future of Probability....

To speculate, assume or express probability.¿Cuántas personas vendrán a la fiesta?How many people will come to the party?¿Dónde estará Juan ahora?Where could Juan be now?

Future Tense is used to guess about present tense activities.

Another use of the Future Tense...........