Spanish Grammar: Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense

Spanish Grammar: Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense

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Spanish Grammar: Irregular Verbs in the Future Tense
la gramática española: los verbos irregulares en el futuro

  • Actions happening in the definitive future.
  • Conjugate irregular verbs in order to attribute actions to someone/thing.

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You may have already learned a simple way to express future intents in Spanish:

This is a way to talk about things that are going to happen (periphrastic/intent). It implies that the action is fairly immediate. However in everyday conversation, this construction is used more frequently than the future tense.

Now, there are only a handful of verbs that are irregular in the future tense.
All of the future tense endings stay the same, but the stem of each verb changes instead.

There are three ways that the stem of the verb can change.

a. Replace the final vowel with [d].

This only works with certain [-ER] and [-IR] verbs.
Replace the last vowel with the letter [d], then add the appropriate ending.

poner
yo pondré

salir
yo saldré

tener
yo tendré

valer
yo valdré

venir
yo vendré

b. Remove the final infinitive vowel.

This only works with certain [-ER] verbs.
Remove the last vowel from the infinitive, then add the appropriate ending.

caber
yo cabré

haber
yo habré

poder
yo podré

querer
yo querré

saber
yo sabré

c. Memorize the last two verbs …

Nothing special, just got to remember them.

decir
yo diré

hacer
yo haré

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¿Qué harán ellos?
What will they do?

¿Dónde pondremos los documentos?
Where will we place the documents?

¿Quién querrá el dinero?
Who will want the money?

¿Cómo cabremos dentro del carro?
How will we fit inside the car?

¿Cuándo saldrán ellos?
When will they leave?

¿Por qué vendrá ella tarde?
Why will she arrive late?

¿Cuántas personas sabrán mañana?
How many people will know tomorrow?

¿Cuánto valdrá la moto?
How much will the motorcycle be worth?

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