How would you use the future tense of a verb in a sentence?

Question

I never understood how to use the future tense.Could some explain to me how to use it?

for example: I will go over my friend's house to play video games.

• Title sentence must be capitalized. Thank You. - Don_José Jan 20, 2011

Answer 1

Bear in mind that the future tense is not used in Spanish as it is in English, the present tense is often used where the future tense would be in English.

Te explico, literally I explain to you, would be said where one would say I'll explain.

Lo hago, literally I do it, would be said where one would say I'll do it.

Te llamo, literally I call you would be said where one would say I'll call/phone you. The list goes on.

The context of the sentence dictates that the action will happen fairly soon, otherwise I've been told that you would use the future tense in Spanish.

If you search on this subject you'll find it's been muchly discussed in the past. Lots of useful info on this site.

Answer 2

Tell me what you want to say.

Answer 3

Try watching this video. You can also read a description in the Reference Section under "Verbs".

Answer 4

Just add the future tense endings to the verb in the infinitive. The endings are:

• yo form is é
• tu form is ás
• usted form is á
• nosotros form is emos
• vosotros form is éis
• ustedes form is án

The future tense is VERY easy, because you use a non-conjugated verb and just add the endings. There are 12 irregulars:

**caber**
yo cabré

**poner**
yo pondré

**decir**
yo diré

**haber**
yo habré

**salir**
yo saldré

**hacer**
yo haré

**poder**
yo podré

**tener**
yo tendré

**querer**
yo querré

**valer**
yo valdré

**saber**
yo sabré

**venir**
yo vendré

• Hi, you mention these 12 irregular verbs for the future tense.. Are the other subject pronouns the same conjugations? e.g. tu cabre? - Hombre_Escoc Jan 21, 2011
• No, the 'endings' are always the same, it is the root that mutates e.g. cabré. cabrás, cabrá etc. - afowen Jan 21, 2011

Answer 5

The simple future tense in Spanish is roughly equivalent to "might" in English and can be used to refer to the past, present, or future--it's not really like the English future tense at all. Here is an example using the perfect future tense to refer to the past:

.¿Quién habrá llamado ayer a esas horas? (borrowed from cogumela)

However, the construct "ir a (infinitive)" is pretty much the same as "going to (verb root)".