In México "Querer" in future tense.Now with the answer.

Question

I was fat and happy the other morning practicing my conjugations and came to "querer", a verb I don´t use often in the future tense.

I am doing the exercise and scoring pretty well when a little bird told me " Oh we don´t use it that way in México!.

I had to learn the future tense all over again.

Are you familiar with the " Méxican" way of using querer in the future tense?

Please post your answers and comments as it is making me just a little crazy.

My answer is posted in an answer below I would appreciate your comments. - pacofinkler, May 27, 2011

Answer 1

Ok here we go, This is not from a book but from conversation with native speakers here in the north of México.

Note, after digging into this a bit more it looks to me like a mix of imperfect subjunctive and simple future.

I hope my explanation is understandable.

Querer, infinitive.

Instead of future tense.

First person (yo)

Affirmative-- yo quisiera

Neg.--------- yo no quisiera

Second person (tú)

Affirmative--- tú quisieras ¿ tú quisieras?

Neg.--------- tú no querrás ¿ tú no querrás?

Third person (él)

Affirmative---- él quisiera ¿él querrá? (or) ¿ él quisiera?)

Neg.--------- él no querrá ¿él no querrá?

Nosotros

Affirmative---- nosotros quisiéramos ¿nosotros quisiéramos?

Neg.----------- no quisiéramos

Ustedes

Affirmative---quisieran ¿quisieran?

neg. no querrán ¿no querrán?

Ellos----- same as Ustedes

2nd person tú 3rd person él - 0074b507, May 27, 2011

What would I do without you! Seems my typos are getting worse instead of better.the tildes were on my study sheet and I just overlooked them.Must be the Merlot. - pacofinkler, May 27, 2011

Answer 2

I have heard that the usage of this verb in the future and conditional tense is rare. I know that querré and querría are almost never used. Querría is replaced by gustaría or quisiera. Not so sure about the future tense.

P.S. I don't think this is just in México, but in every Spanish speaking country.

Correct, rarely used but grammatically correct. - margaretcorwin, May 26, 2011

tere are 11 forms of querer in the future tense in the Méxican usage - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

I'm interested in what these are. - pescador1, May 26, 2011

I will post the whole @*&% list at the end Pescador. - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

Answer 3

I seem to remember hearing somewhere that many people actually say:

Quería ie they use the imperfect -

which we also do in England. Particularly I notice my ex does it, he's often saying

Did you want a cup of tea?, when he actually means Do you want a cup of tea.

Does that apply in Mexico too?

Answer 4

I said querría once, but it sounded like quería as I can't roll my rs...

What do you do Alex, just give them your best attempt like I do, or pronounce them all as singles? - galsally, May 27, 2011

Well, if they don't get which, often happens, even though context should be enough to know if someone means carro or caro, I repeat the word with an exaggeratedly drawn out r, and tell them that I cannot pronounce rr. - afowen, May 27, 2011

Answer 5

Well, paco, so what do they use?

Por el poder de Greyskull. . .

I will post the whole list at the end, it will give you a headache as it gave me. - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

Answer 6

Querré = I might want. . .rarely used here

Querría = never used here in Ecuador

"Querré" is not even in my list in the future tense, here i México - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

I've never heard anyone say querré, but the ban on querría is in grammar textbooks. - lorenzo9, May 26, 2011

This is in the simple future ,all the forms are giving me a headache - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

Answer 7

Querré! is the future tense. . Example of the use: Yo siempre te querré!

Querré is the classical not México - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

Answer 8

Well, paco, so what do they use?

jeje its a secret i´ll post it at the end of the thread, it will give you a headache! - pacofinkler, May 26, 2011

Answer 9

I hope my explanation is understandable.

I understand what you posted, but it is bizarre to say the least.

As bizarre as a horse in a hat eating a log? - afowen, May 27, 2011

Bizzare is obvious, but this is the ordiary uses it seems - pacofinkler, May 27, 2011

Answer 10

"Querer" is already in future tense, for present "quiero" must be used.

Soy mexicano y si se usa la palabra "querré", sin embargo, para expresar el verbo "quiero" en futuro lo decimos así "Querer".

Ejemplo:

-"Te voy a querer por siempre"

-"Por más esfuerzos que haga, tu no me vas a querer nunca"

Saludos!

Will you give me an example of the use of querré in a ordinary phrase ,daily life not poetic. - pacofinkler, May 27, 2011