Español IV
Add the following endings to the infinitive of your verb: yo -é nosotros/as -emos tú -ás vosotros/as -éis él ella Ud. -á ellos ellas Uds. -án
Example: aplicar yo aplicaré nosotros/as aplicaremos tú aplicarás vosotros/as aplicaréis él ella Ud. aplicará ellos ellas Uds. aplicarán
The future and the conditional share a group of irregular verbs. Use the appropriate tense endings added to these irregular stems.
Drop the e from the infinitive to the form the new stem CaberCabr- HaberHabr- PoderPodr- SaberSabr-
Replace the e/i with a d ponerpondr- salirsaldr- tenertendr- valervaldr- venirvendr-
Memorize these decirdir- hacerhar- quererquerr-
1. To express future time (will or shall in English) ¿A qué hora llegarán Uds.? At what time will/shall you arrive? 2. To say what you think is probably true now or what might be happening right now. ¿Qué hora será? What time could it be (right now)? El vuelo probablemente tendrá retraso. The flight must be behind schedule.
NOTE: The future tense is most commonly replaced with the ir a + infinitive construction, typically referring to things that are going to happen in an immediate future. Voy a esquiar en los Pirineos. I’m going to ski in the Pyrennes. (going to happen soon)
Add the following endings to the infinitive of your verb: yo -ía nosotros/as -íamos tú -ías vosotros/as -íais él ella Ud. -ía ellos ellas Uds. -ían
Example: votar yo votaría nosotros/as votaríamos tú votarías vosotros/as votaríais él ella Ud. votaría ellos ellas Uds. votarían
1. To say what you think was probably true or what might have happened in the past Serían las ocho y media cuando llegamos al hotel. It must have been 8:30 when we got to the hotel. 2. To express probability or conjecture in the past time. Sería la una. It was probably one o’clock. Habría algunas dificultades. There were probably some difficulties.