Future — Uses of the Future

Future — Uses of the Future

Irregular Verbs in the Future

All verbs have regular endings in the future tense, but a few common verbs have irregular stems.

The twelve verbs listed below are the basic irregular verbs of the future indicative tense.

In five, the vowel of the infinitive ending is deleted:

CABER	cabré, cabrás, cabrá, cabremos, cabréis, cabrán
HABER	habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán
PODER	podré, podrás, podrá, podremos, podréis, podrán
QUERER	querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán
SABER	sabré, sabrás, sabrá, sabremos, sabréis, sabrán

In five, the vowel of the infinitive ending is changed to d before attaching the regular endings:

PONER	pondré, pondrás, pondrá, pondremos, pondréis, pondrán
SALIR	saldré, saldrás, saldrá, saldremos, saldréis, saldrán
TENER	tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán
VALER	valdré, valdrás, valdrá, valdremos, valdréis, valdrán
VENIR	vendré, vendrás, vendrá, vendremos, vendréis, vendrán

In two, decir and hacer, the letters ec and ce, respectively, are deleted from the infinitive:

DECIR	diré, dirás, dirá, diremos, diréis, dirán
HACER	haré, harás, hará, haremos, haréis, harán

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Uses of the Future

The future expresses an action or state which is to take place in the future. It is rendered in English by shall in the first person, and by will in the second and third persons.

Le/Lo veré.
I shall see him.

Me dispensarán.
They will excuse me.

The future is often used to express probability, conjecture or wonderment in the present time. This construction is called the future of probability.

Será rico.
He must be (probably is) rich.

¿Qué hora será?
I wonder what time it is.