El futuro

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El futuro

• Por Mateo L.

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Los Usos (Uses)

• The future tense is used to express actions or
  events that have not yet occurred.
• There are many forms in which the future may be
  expressed.
• Formal Future Tense
• Ir a infinitive
• Pensar, querer, etc.

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UNO El futuro formal

• The formal future tense inserts a with into
  each infinitive.
• The future tense is formed by taking the
  infinitive of the verb and adding on specific
  endings.
• The endings are all the same for ar/er/ir.

Singular Plural
1st Person é emos
2nd Person ás éis
3rd Person á án
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• AR
• ellos sacar ? sacarán
• ER
• nosotros planchar ? plancharemos
• Ir
• yo jugar ? jugaré

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Irregulares en el futuro formal

• There are 12 irregular verbs in the formal future
  tense, all of which take the following roots and
  the aforementioned endings.
• special group r group d group
• caber ?cabr
• decir ? dir
• haber ?habr
• hacer ?har

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• poder ?podr
• poner ? pondr
• querer ? querr
• saber ? sabr
• salir ? saldr
• tener ? tendr
• valer ? valdr
• venir ? vendr

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Ejemplos del futuro formal

• 1. Ella (to come) después de la competencia.
• vendrá
• 2. Nosotros (to speak) durante del reunión.
• hablaremos
• 3. Tú no (to have) que pasar la aspiradora.
• tendrás
• 4. Yo nos (to drive) a escuela.
• conduciré
• 5. Vosotros (to know) la respuesta.
• sabréis

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• 6. Sancho y yo (to fight) contra los molinos.
• lucharemos
• 7. Ellos no (to be able to) manejar.
• podrán
• 8. Tu madre y tú (to want) más.
• querréis/querrán
• 9. Yo (to go) al cine el viernes.
• iré
• 10. Tricia (to sleep) por muchas horas.
• dormirá

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• 11. Tú (to eat) tus legumbres.
• comerás
• 12. Nosotros (to get up) tarde.
• levantaremos
• 13. Dexter y Deb (to be) casados.
• estarán
• 14. Kara (to make) un nuveo avión.
• hará
• 15. Yo (to fit) en lugares pequeños.
• cabré

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• 16. Vosotros no me (to hit).
• golpearéis
• 17. Ellos no (to say) la verdad.
• dirán
• 18. Tú (to forget) los ecuaciones.
• olvidarás
• 19. Roci (to be) la mejor perra del mundo.
• será
• 20. Nosotros (to leave) la fiesta temprano.
• saldremos

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DOS Ir a infinitivo

• Another way of expressing the future is to use ir
  and an infinitive to express that one is going to
  preform a certain action.
• The second verb is not conjugated only ir.
• For a refresher, the conjugation of ir is
• Ex ellos correr ? van a correr

Singular Plural
1st Person voy vamos
2nd Person vas vais
3rd Person va van
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TRES Pensar/Querer

• Other verbs express the future, such as pensar
  (to plan) and querer (to want).
• The verbs are conjugated normally, but the
  sentences they are used in convey a sense future
  events.
• Although representing the future, they are
  present tense verbs.

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CUATRO El subjuntivo

• The subjunctive may also be used to express
  future or doubtful events.
• It is used based on the probability of an event
  occuring.
• To form the subjunctive, go to the yo form of the
  verb, drop the o, and add the opposite ending of
  the verb.
• (If one has not learned the subjunctive yet, do
  not use it to express the future)

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Probabilidad

• The future tense can be used to express the
  likelihood of an event occurring.
• This depends on the context in which the future
  tense is used.
• Ex Gina no está aquí. Estará en casa.
• (Gina is not here. She is probably at home.)
• Estoy triste. Me amará? 
• (I am sad. I wonder if she loves me.)

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Mandatos

• The future tense also serves as emphatic
  commands, where one orders another without
  objection.
• Ex Comerás las zanahorias.
• (You will eat the carrots.)
• Ex Cocinarás la cena.
• (You will make dinner.)

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Presente v Futuro

• Events often may be described using the present
  or future tense.
• For events occurring in the near future, use the
  present.
• For events occurring in the distant future, use
  the future.

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• The varying forms of the future do not all take
  the conjugation of the formal future tense.
• Only the future tense itself requires the special
  conjugation.
• Ir, pensar, and querer will all take the present
  tense conjugation.

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Más práctica

• 1. El próximo verano Juan no (going to go) de
  vacaciones a Florida.
• va a ir
• 2. Vosotros no (to plan to make) los pasteles.
• pensáis hacer
• 3. Los muebles no (going to fit) en la sala.
• van a caber
• 4. Tú (to want to know) que te quiero.
• quieres saber

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• 5. En enero mi tío (to plan to come) a visitarme.
• piensa venir
• 6. Es dudoso que yo (to be) justo.
• sea
• 7. Nosotros (going to jump) del edificio.
• vamos a saltar
• 8. Tus familiares (to want to leave) por tren en
  una semana.
• quieren salir

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• 9. Nadie (is going to do) la tarea.
• va a hacer
• 10. Yo (to plan to sleep) esta noche.
• pienso dormir
• 11. Dudo que tú (to win).
• ganes
• 12. Cain y yo no (to want to salir) todavía.
• queremos salir