Qué será, será…. El Tiempo Futuro Forms and Uses of the Future Tense in Spanish.

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1 Qué será, será…

2 El Tiempo Futuro Forms and Uses of the Future Tense in Spanish

3 In Spanish, there are several ways to express future events – without actually using the future tense! Present indicative – when we are certain the action will occur. Present indicative – when we are certain the action will occur. Llegan a la costa mañana. They arrive at the coast tomorrow.

4 Ir + a + infinitive – Commonly used in everyday speech; expresses the near future. Ir + a + infinitive – Commonly used in everyday speech; expresses the near future. Van a llegar a la costa mañana. They are going to arrive at the coast tomorrow.

5 Future tense – when we want to express an action that WILL occur; often implies more certainty than ir+a+infinitive. Future tense – when we want to express an action that WILL occur; often implies more certainty than ir+a+infinitive. Llegarán a la costa mañana. They will arrive at the coast tomorrow.

6 The future tense itself has a few meanings… expressing actions and conditions that WILL happen expressing actions and conditions that WILL happen indicating something MIGHT happen or might be the case. indicating something MIGHT happen or might be the case.

7 Probability and the Future Tense The Spanish future tense sometimes indicates probability. In such cases, English would use probably, wonder, bet, must be, may, and might.

8 --¿Dónde está Daniel? Where is Daniel? --Estará cuidándose en cama. He (might be, is probably) in bed taking care of himself. ¿Quién llamará a estas horas? I wonder who is calling at this time? OR, Who can be calling at this time?

9 Forms of the future tense Almost all verbs are formed by adding -é, -ás, -á, -emos, and -án to the infinitive: yo tú él/ella/Ud. Nosotros/as Ellos/ellas/Uds. hablar deber abrir é ás á emos án é ás á emos án é ás á emos án

10 Práctica You will learn You will learn aprenderás aprenderás We will go We will go iremos iremos I will work I will work trabajaré trabajaré They will share They will share compartirán compartirán You all will get along congeniarán It will improve mejorará I will relax me relajaré We will contribute contribuiremos

11 Will you be at the Spanish table on Wednesday? ¿Estarás en la mesa española el miércoles? I will run with you at 4:00 in the afternoon. Correré contigo a las 4:00 de la tarde. We will share our presentations in two weeks. Compartiremos nuestras presentaciones en dos semanas.

12 Verbs with Irregular Future Stems: Some Spanish verbs drop the -e of the infinitive ending: InfinitiveStemFuture cabercabr-cabré, cabrás, cabrá.. haberhabr-habrá (habré,habrás.. poderpodr-podré, podrás, podrá quererquerr-querré, querrás, sabersabr-sabré, sabrás, sabrá cab er

13 Verbs with Irregular Future Stems: Others replace the -e or -i of the infinitive ending with -d. InfinitiveStemFuture ponerpondr-pondré, pondrás, pondrá, salirsaldr-saldré, saldrás, saldrá,.. tenertendr-tendré, tendrás, tendrá,… valervaldr-valdré, valdrás, valdrá,… venirvendr-vendré, vendrás, vendrá, ponerd

14 Verbs with Irregular Future Stems: And a couple are just different! They lose the -c and the -e. InfinitiveStemFuture decirdir-diré, dirás, dirá, … hacerhar-haré, harás, hará,..

15 Práctica It will fit It will fit Cabrá Cabrá We will come We will come Vendremos Vendremos They will have They will have Tendrán Tendrán I will leave I will leave Saldré Saldré You will do it Lo harás I will know sabré There will be Habrá We will be able to Podremos

16 ¿Cuándo le dirás a ella que la amas? When will you tell her you love her? Tendré que cambiar mi estilo de vida. I’ll have to change my lifestyle. Habrá mucha gente en el concierto esta noche. There will be a lot of people at the concert tonight.

17 Bueno, nos divertiremos mucho hablar en el futuro. Se lo daré un punto extra para la persona que puede de repetir y traducir lo siguiente: Bueno, nos divertiremos mucho hablar en el futuro. Se lo daré un punto extra para la persona que puede de repetir y traducir lo siguiente: “Si tu gusto gustara del gusto que mi gusto gusta, mi gusto también gustará del gusto que tu gusto gusta. Pero como tu gusto no gusta del gusto que mi gusto gusta, mi gusto tampoco gusta del gusto que tu gusto gusta.”