Simple Future in Spanish

Conjugation

We will see the 3 conjugations of Spanish verbs:

First Conjugation "-ar"

Next, we study the conjugation of the verb "cantar", the other Verbs ending in "-ar" follow the same conjugation table:

cantar (to sing)

First Conjugation "-er"

Now, the verb "beber" as example of the verb ending in "-er":

beber (to drink)

Third Conjugation "-ir"

Finally, we will see the conjugation of the verb "dormir" as example of a verb ending in "-ir":

dormir (to sleep)

Conjugation of Simple Future

Next, we have a table for you with all of the first, second and third person conjugations of regular verbs in the simple future.

So far, we have explained things formally to you but we´ll show a trick. If you notice, the simple future does not have many differences between the different conjugations. The endings are the same except for one letter which tells you which conjugation it is. Therefore, you can use the infinitive of each regular verb and add simple future endings.

Uses of the simple future indicative

The simple future is used to:

1. talk about future situations (which may or may not happen). These expressions usually have:

   Expresion	Meaning
   mañana	tomorrow
   pasado mañana	after tomorrow
   luego	then
   esta tarde	this afternoon
   en el año 2020	in the year 2020
   pronto	soon
   el viernes que viene	next Friday
   la semana que viene	next week
   el próximo viernes	next Friday
   el próximo verano	next summer
   dentro de 2 semanas	within 2 weeks

   Mañana iremos al Zoo
   Tomorrow we´ll go to the Zoo

   En Enero me apuntaré al gimnasio
   In January, I will join the gym

2. discuss predictions

Lloverá el fin de semana
It will rain this weekend

Te casarás y tendrás 2 hijos
You will marry and have 2 kids

3. to talk about conjectures concerning present situations. These expressions usually are similar to:

   Expresion	Meaning
   supongo que	I suppose that
   creo que	I believe that
   imagino que	I imagine that
   probablemente	probably

   Elena se va a trabajar, ¿en qué trabajará?
   Elena is going to work. What kind of work might it be?

   No sé, imagino que será peluquera (supongo que es peluquera), porque siempre va muy bien peinada
   I don´t know, I imagine she´ll be a hairdresser (I suppose she that is a hairdresser) because she always has very nice hair

4. Historical future: When we narrate some historical fact and the action was after the time at which we are talking about it

   El general mandará una carta a su esposa
   The general will send a letter to his wife

   El rey luchará hasta la rendición del ejército enemigo
   The king will fight until the enemy army´s surrender

The question with the simple future indicative

When we ask a question, generally, we switch the position of the verb to that of the personal pronoun.

Negation of the simple future indicative

To make the negative form, simply put the word "no" before the verb, or, in other words, to the left of the verb.