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The Future Indicative Tense

This Studying-Spanish Grammar lesson covers the Future Indicative Tense for normal verbs. Equivalent to English, the Future Indicative Tense in Spanish is utilised:

1. To express a future action or situation.

Juan no hablar durante la misa.

(Juan will not speak in the course of the mass.)

2. To express one thing that is probable and phrased in a question.

Qu ser lo que te preocupas?

(What is bothering/preoccupying you?)

The conjugation pattern is regular. Unlike other tenses, the future tense in Spanish is simple, as its ending is the very same in -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. Its conjugation is as follows:

Hablar (to have)

yo hablar (I will speak) nosotros hablaremos (we will speak)

t hablars (you will speak) ellos hablarn (they will speak)

l hablar (he will speak) ellas hablarn (they will speak)

ella hablar (she will speak) ustedes hablarn (they will speak)

usted hablar (you will speak)

Examples:

Ellos hablarn mucho del amor.

(They will speak a lot about enjoy.)

Durante la cena, hablar con mis tias de como cocinar bacalao.

(For the duration of dinner, I will talk to my aunts about how to cook salted codfish.)

Beber (to drink)

yo beber (I will drink) nosotros beberemos (we will drink)

t bebers (you will drink) ellos bebern (they will drink)

l beber (he will drink) ellas bebern (they will drink)

ella beber (she will drink) ustedes bebern (they will drink)

usted beber (you will drink)

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Examples:

Durante la fiesta Marcos beber mucho ron.

(For the duration of the celebration, Marcos will most likely drink a lot of rum.

Los bebs bebern mucha leche.

(The babies will drink a lot of milk.)

Escribir (to create)

yo escribir (I will create) nosotros escribiremos (we will write)

t escribirs (you will publish) ellos escribirn (they will write)

l escribir (he will write) ellas escribirn (they will write)

ella escribir (she will write) ustedes escribirn (they will write)

usted escribir (you will write)

Examples:

Escribir una gran novela.

(I will publish a fantastic novel.)

En la universidad escribiremos muchos ensayos.

(In the university we will publish several essays.)

• • Notice how the above conjugations follow the identical pattern: , s, , emos, and n.

With this conjugation pattern in thoughts, right here are a couple of more examples of the future tense for standard verbs:

Qu ser lo que me quiere decir Luis?

(What is it that Luis desires to tell me?)

Mis amigas y yo viajaremos al Per este verano.

(My buddies and I will travel to Peru this summer season.)

Regresaremos del Per en Agosto.

(We will return from Peru in August.)

S que nuestro viaje a Machu Pichu nos fascinar.

(I know that our trip to Machu Pichu will fascinate us.)

La madre de Josefa ir con nosotros.

(Josefa's mother will go with us.)

Cundo ser que me escribirn mis padres de sus vacaciones?

(When will my parents publish to me about their vacation?

Despus de su viaje, las mujeres volvern a Nueva York.

(Right after their trip, the girls will return to New York.)

Now lets try a couple of exercises. Translate the following into Spanish. The answers stick to the exercising.

1. This summer I will travel to Europe.

two. Juana's family will go to Santiago in April.

3. This course will teach us Spanish.

4. Roberto will be sad to leave his country.

5. Someday, you will be a great medical professional.

6. Next week, we will have an exam.

7. Enrique's parents will get a massive cake for his birthday.

8. What is it that worries you?

9. What can this imply?

10. Where will you live subsequent year?

1. Este verano viajar a Europa.

2. La familia de Juana ir a Santiago en Abril.

3. Este curso nos ensear el Espaol.

four. Roberto estar triste al salir de su pas.

5. Algn da, t sers un buen medical doctor.

6. La prxima semana, tendremos un examen.

7. Los padres de Enrique comprarn una torta grande para su cumpleaos.

eight. Qu ser lo que te preocupas?

9. Qu ser lo que significa esto?

ten. Dnde vivirs el prximo ao?