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Future Imperfect – Simple tense
To conjugate the future you can use either a simple tense
or a compound tense. To form a simple tense you just use
one verb - the main verb - and to form a compound tense you must
use two verbs - an auxiliary verb and the main verb.
Usually people express future using compound sentences specially
to refer to something that is going to happen in a close future.
To form a compound sentence in the future, you have to
conjugate, in the present tense, the auxiliary verb “ir”
(to go), use the preposition “a” and finally use the main
verb in the infinitive form. (Check the second chart)
Before seeing and studying compound sentences in the future,
let’s see the terminations used for the simple tense. You have
already learned that when conjugating regular verbs, you
need to preserve the root of the verb in the infinitive form and
substitute “ar”, “er” or “ir” for specific
terminations, according to the tense you want to get the verb
conjugated.
For the future tense, you have to replace ar,er,
and ir for the following bold terminations:
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|
Person |
Amar
(to
love) |
Comer
(to
eat) |
Abrir
(to
open) |
|
Singular |
Yo |
amaré |
comeré |
abriré |
|
Tú |
amarás |
comerás |
abrirás |
|
Él /
Ella / Ud |
amará |
comerá |
abrirá |
|
Plural |
Nosotros
/ Nosotras |
amaremos |
comeremos |
abriremos |
|
Ellos/
Ellas/ Uds |
amarán |
comerán |
abrirán |
Examples:
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(Yo)comeré
– I’ll eat.
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(Tú) comerás
– You’ll eat.
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Ella comerá
– She’ll eat.
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Él comerá – He’ll eat.
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Usted comerá
– You’ll eat- formal.
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(Nosotros) comeremos
– We’ll eat.
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Ellos comerán– They’ll eat.
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Ustedes comerán
– You’ll eat – formal.
Future –
Compound Tense
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|
Person |
Ir + a
+ Amar
to
love) |
Ir + a
+ Comer
(to
eat) |
Ir + a
+ Abrir
(to
open) |
|
Singular |
Yo |
voy a
amar |
voy a
comer |
voy a
abrir |
|
Tú |
vas a
amar |
vas a
comer |
vas a
abrir |
|
Él / Ella
/ Ud |
va a
amar |
va a
comer |
va a
abrir |
|
Plural |
Nosotros /
Nosotras |
vamos
a amar |
vamos a
comer |
vamos a
abrir |
|
Ellos/
Ellas/ Uds |
van a
amar |
van a
comer |
van a
abrir |
Examples:
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(Yo) voy a comer.
– I’m going to eat.
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(Tú) vas a comer. – You are going to eat.
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Ella va a comer. – She is going to eat.
-
Él va a comer. – He is going to eat.
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Usted va a comer. – You are going to eat -
formal.
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(Nosotros) vamos a comer.
– We’re going to eat.
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Ellos van a comer. – They are going to eat.
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Ustedes van a comer. – You’re going to eat – formal.
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