The Future Tense - Explanation

Regular Future Forms:

Most Spanish verbs are regular in the future. The infinitive serves as the stem of almost all Spanish verbs in the future tense.

The Future Tense
Infinitive		Stem	Endings
Trabajar	yo	Trabajar-	é
Aprender	tú	Aprender-	ás
Escribir	él	Escribir-	á
Hablar	ella	Hablar-	á
Decidir	Vd.	Decidir-	á
Entender	nosotros	Entender-	emos
Bailar	vosotros	Bailar-	éis
Caminar	ellos	Caminar-	án
Perder	ellas	Perder-	án
Recibir	Vds.	Recibir-	án

Note: All the endings, except the Nosotros form, have written accent marks.

Irregular Future Forms

A few verbs are irregular in the future tense.

These verbs use a variation of the infinitive as a stem.

Here are some. The endings are the same as those for regular verbs.

Infinitive	Stem	Future Tense
Decir	dir-	yo	dir-	é
Hacer	har	tú	har-	ás
Poder	podr-	ella	podr-	á
Poner	pondr-	Vd.	pondr-	á
Saber	sabr-	nosotros	sabr-	emos
Haber	habr-	vosotros	habr-	éis
Salir	saldr-	ellos	saldr-	án
Tener	tendr-	ellas	tendr-	án
Querer	querr-	Vds.	querr-	án
Venir	Vendr-