How to Form The Future Tense of Regular Verbs in Spanish

There is no need to get tense or moody when forming the Future Tense of Regular Verbs in Spanish. The Future Tense is the second easiest tense to form in Spanish. This is especially so since there is only one set of endings that works for all infinitives regardless of whether they end with ‘AR’, ‘ER’ or ‘IR.’ Even if the verb is irregular the stem of the verb changes but the endings are the same as those of regular verbs. The only tense that is easier than the Future Tense is the Conditional Tense. Let us see how to conjugate regular Spanish verbs in the Future Tense.

To form the Future Tense of regular verbs in Spanish you add the following endings to the whole infinitive:

-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -án.

Let us use three examples that represent ‘AR’, ‘ER’ and ‘IR’ regular verbs:

AR VERBS                                                                  

Cantar – to sing                                 

Yo cantaré –                  I will sing.

Tú cantarás –                You will sing

Él/Ella cantará –            He/She/It will sing

Nosotros cantaremos –  We will sing

Ellos/Ellas cantarán –   They will sing

ER VERBS

Comer – to eat

Yo comeré –                  I will sing.

Tú comerás –                You will sing

Él/Ella comerá –             He/She/It will sing

Nosotros comeremos –  We will sing

Ellos/Ellas comerán –   They will sing

IR VERBS

Vivir – to live

Yo viviré –                      I will live

Tú vivirás –                    You will live

Él/Ella vivirá –               He/She/It will live

Nosotros viviremos –     We will live

Ellos/Ellas vivirán –        They will live

The ‘Nosotros’ form does not have any accent.

Note that you use the 3rd person singular form for Vd. And the 3rd person singular plural for Vds.

e.g Vd. cantará (You will sing). Vds cantarán (You [all]  will sing).

Notice that the endings are the same for ‘AR”, ‘ER’ and ‘IR’ verbs. That means that you only have to learn five endings instead of fifteen.

MNEMONIC (MEMORY  AID)

Now there is a way to jog your memory if you forget the Future Tense endings. Just remember the endings of the verb ‘haber’ (to have) in the Present Indicative and put in the necessary accents.

Haber (to have)

Yo he

Tu has

Él/Ella ha

Nosotros hemos

Ellos/Ellas han

So now you know how to form the Future Tense of Regular Spanish verbs. You also know now how to remember the endings if you forget them. ‘Slave’ at it until you ‘master’ it for practice makes perfect.

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