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What is the Future Tense?
In English, the future tense is expressed by the "modal" form (will) to indicate something that will take place in the time to come. In Spanish, the same tense is constructed with the ending added on to the stem base of the infinitive |
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Mañana llamaré a Marta por teléfono - Tomorrow I will phone Marta
Estudiaremos la lección mañana - We will study the lesson tomorrow |
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| There is also a future perfect tense in English and Spanish that is used to express or indicate pas time with respect to some point in future time. |
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La semana próxima ya habrás partido - Next week you will have left already
Habré leído todo el libro para mañana - I shall have read the entire book by tomorrow |
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| What is the Conditional Tense? In English, the conditional tense is expressed by the modal form (would) to indicate or make reference to conditions. In Spanish the same tense is constructed with endings added on to the base of the infinitive |
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Yo iría a la casa de Laura, pero ella no está allí - I would go to Laura's home, but she isn't there
Iríamos a España, pero no tenemos el dinero - We would go to Spani, but we don't have the money |
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| There is also a conditional perfect tense in English and Spanish that is used to express or indicate an action or event that would have taken place under certain conditions |
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Yo habría hecho el trabajo, pero yo no tenía el tiempo - I would have done the work, but I did not have the time
Marco habría pagado la cuenta, pero él no tenía su cartera - Marco would have paid the bill, but he didn't have his wallet |
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| The Future (el futuro): The simple future is used most of the time: To express an action or state of being that will take place at some time in the future |
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Mañana iré al cine - Tomorrow I will go to the movies
Lo haré si tengo el timepo - I will do it if I have the time |
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?Qué hora será - I wonder what time it is?
Serán las ocho - It is probably eight o'clock |
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| To express conjecture (wondering, guessing) |
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| ?Quién llamará a esta hora? - I wonder who is calling at this hour? |
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| To form the future tense (futuro), use the entire infinitive as the stem: hablar, comer, vivir + endings |
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yo - é (hablaré, comeré, viviré)
tú - ás (hablarás, comerás, vivirás)
él, ella, Ud. - á (hablará, comerá, vivirá)
Nos/as - emos (hablaremos, comeremos, viviremos)
ellos/as, Uds - án (hablarán, comerán, vivirán) |
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| The future tense of reflexive verbs |
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lavase - to wash oneself
me lavaré
te lavarás
se lavará
nos lavaremos
se lavarán |
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