©2010 Teachers Discovery Talking about the future tense in Spanish By Jami Sipe.

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2 ©2010 Teachers Discovery Talking about the future tense in Spanish By Jami Sipe

3 ©2010 Teachers Discovery The future tense is formed in Spanish by adding a special set of endings to the infinitive of the verb. arerir The endings are the same for –ar, –er, and –ir verbs. Formation of the Future Tense Future tense endings: -é -ás -á -emos -éis -án

4 ©2010 Teachers Discovery Ejemplos: hablar Tiempo futuro: verbo hablarhablaréhablaráshablará ____________________________________________________________________________________________ comer Tiempo futuro: verbo comercomerécomeráscomerá ir *–ir verbs are conjugated the same way. hablaremoshablaréishablarán comeremoscomeréiscomerán

5 ©2010 Teachers Discovery ir oír, reír, sonreír -ir verbs that have an accent mark in the infinitive (oír, reír, sonreír) lose that accent mark in the future tense: oiréoiré reiréreiré sonreirésonreiré hayhabrá * The future of hay is habrá (there will be). -IR verbs that have an accent mark

6 ©2010 Teachers Discovery poner – pondr- salir – saldr- tener – tendr- valer – valdr- venir – vendr- poder – podr- List of Irregular Changes to the Stem saber – sabr- caber – cabr- haber – habr- querer – querr- decir – dir- hacer – har-

7 ©2010 Teachers Discovery irregular verb Sometimes you can see an irregular verb you know as part of a larger verb: componer – compondr- retener – retendr- prevenir – prevendr- contradecir – contradir- Compounds

8 ©2010 Teachers Discovery ir + a + infinitive Voy a esquiar en las montañas. = (I am going to ski in the mountains.) El queso va a caminar junto al río. = (The cheese is going to walk by the river.) Vamos a aplastar las sandías con el autobús. = (We are going to squash the watermelons with the bus.) with the bus.) Another Way of Expressing the Future

9 ©2010 Teachers Discovery Ejemplo: Yo voy a comer todo el helado. Yo voy a comer todo el helado. = (I am going to eat all the ice cream.) Ir + a is often translated as going to. The future tense is often translated as will. Ejemplo: Yo haré la tarea mañana. Yo haré la tarea mañana. = (I will do the homework tomorrow.)

10 ©2010 Teachers Discovery Iré. ¿A qué hora comerás? Voy a llamarte esta noche. Ella no limpiará su cuarto. Liliana y Javier escribirán libros. Habrá pastel en la fiesta. I will go. At what time will you eat? I am going to call you tonight. She will not clean her room. Liliana and Javier will write books. There will be cake at the party. Check Your Knowledge!

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