The future tense is often considered one of the simplest tenses in Spanish. In fact, there are very few irregular verbs and the endings are the same for all verb groups.

I. Formation of the future tense

1. Regular verbs

To form the future tense we use the following structure

INFINITIVE OF THE VERB + FUTURE ENDINGS

The endings of the future tense are : – é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án

These endings are identical for all groups (verbs in -AR, -ER and -IR)

Example with the verb HABLAR (to speak):

Yo hablaré
Tu hablarás
Él/Ella/Usted Hablará
Nosotros Hablaremos
Vosotros Hablaréis
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes Hablarán

2. Irregular verbs

There are few irregular verbs in the future tense, here they are:

CABER (Tenir/Rentrer)==> Cabré, Cabrás, Cabrá…
PONER (Mettre)==> Pondré, Pondrás, Pondrá…
SALIR (Sortir)==> Saldré, Saldrás, Saldrá…
VALER (Valoir) ==> Valdré, Valdrás, Valdrá…
VENIR (Venir) ==> Vendré, Vendrás, Vendrá…
HABER (Avoir) ==> Habré, Habrás, Habrá…
HACER (Faire)==> Haré, Harás, Hará…
PODER (Pouvoir) ==> Podré, Podrás, Podrá…
SABER (Savoir) ==> Sabré, Sabrás, Sabrá…
TENER (Avoir) ==> Tendré, Tendrás, Tendrá…
QUERER (Vouloir) ==> Querré, Querrás, Querrá…
DECIR (Dire) ==> Diré, Dirás, Dirá…

N.B: We notice that for these irregular verbs, only the root changes. The ending remains the same.

II. Use of the future tense

As in English, the future tense is used to talk about an action that has not yet been carried out but that will be carried out with certainty.

Examples:

– Mañana iré a buscarte a la escuela ==> Tomorrow I will pick you up from school.
– A los 18 años, podré conducir coche ==> When I am 18, I will be able to drive a car.
– Tendrán veinte año mañana ==> They will be 20 years old tomorrow.

In addition, the future tense can also be used in Spanish to express a hypothesis, a probability.

Examples:

– Juan no me contesta al telefono, estará enfadado ==> Juan doesn’t answer the phone, he must be angry.

==> ==> It is assumed that Juan does not answer the phone because he is angry, so the future tense is used.

– No han llegado todavía, tendrán un problema ==> They haven’t arrived yet, they must have a problem.

==> The hypothesis is that they haven’t arrived yet because they have a problem, so we use the future tense.

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