EL FUTURO – ORGANIZATIONAL CHART The “future tense” lets us communicate in the future. It communicates the word “will.” It is not a replacement for your three other ways of communicating in the future: 1. when talking about the near future (tonight/tomorrow/this weekend), you can use the present tense. 2. “to be going to ___” (ir + a + __R) 3. “to plan to ___” (pensar + __R) The “future tense” also communicates wonder or probability in the present. Ex. --¿Qué hora es? --Serán las dos. --What time is it? --It’s probably two. --Estará viajando solo. --He’s probably traveling alone. REGULAR VERBS -AR | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | -ER -IR | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | THERE ARE 12 IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE FUTURE TENSE. PONER : _______________________ TENER: __________________________ VENIR: ________________________ SALIR : _______________________ VALER: __________________________ CABER : _______________________ QUERER: ________________________ PODER: ________________________ SABER : _______________________ HABER: _________________________ DECIR : _______________________ HACER: __________________________ “D” VERBS: REPLACE THE 2ND TO LAST LETTER WITH THE LETTER “D” FOR THE NEW STEM. PONER: _______________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | TENER: ___________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | VENIR: _________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | “D” VERBS: REPLACE THE 2ND TO LAST LETTER WITH THE LETTER “D” FOR THE NEW STEM. SALIR: _________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | VALER: ___________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | ELIMINATE THE 2ND TO LAST LETTER FOR THE NEW STEM. CABER: _______________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | QUERER: ___________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | PODER: _________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | ELIMINATE THE 2ND TO LAST LETTER FOR THE NEW STEM. SABER: _________________ HABER: __________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | ELIMINATE TWO OF THE MIDDLE LETTERS FOR THE NEW STEM. D IR: _________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | HA R: ___________________ | _______________|_______________ | _______________|_______________ | | OTHER SMALL DETAILS: 1. There are a few infinitives in Spanish which naturally are accented, such as the verb oír (to hear). When you add on the new endings (é, ás, á, emos, án), the original accent in the infinitive disappears. a. 2. For example: I will hear oiré (not oíré) Reflexive verbs communicating “self” (me, te, se, nos, se) & reciprocal verbs communicating “each other” (nos, se) work as usual.