Explanation Found on Page 140 in the Textbook

El Futuro

de los verbos regulares

(explanation found on page 140 in the textbook)

Actually, we have already learned one way to talk about things that are going to happen:

‘Ir a + infinitive’ can be used to express future events.

Examples:

– Voy a comer.

– Ella va a estudiar.

– Yo voy a leer.

– Tú vas a jugar.

– Nosotros vamos a hablar.

– Ellos van a dormir.

But there is another future tense in Spanish!

However, the other one that we just reviewed (‘ir a + infinitive’) is actually more common in everyday conversation.

To form the future tense of regular verbs, simply add these endings right onto the infinitive:

--é --emos

--ás --éis

--á --án

Here is ‘leer’ in the future tense, as an example:

leeré leeremos

leerás leeréis

leerá leerán

And here is ‘estudiar’:

estudiaré estudiaremos

estudiarás estudiaréis

estudiará estudiarán

And here is ‘escribir’:

escribiré escribiremos

escribirás escribiréis

escribirá escribirán

Note: There are twelve common verbs that are irregular in the future tense. Just for reference, they are: caber, haber, poder, querer, saber, poner, salir, tener, valer, venir, decir, and hacer.