Future and Conditional Tenses

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Introduction

The Future and Conditional tenses are no different in Spanish than it is in english. The Future is used to specify actions that will occur in the future, and conjugated just like English (e.g. "I will play soccer tomorrow"). The Conditional Tense is used to specify actions that would occur, and also conjugates normally. However, unlike many of its partnering tenses, the Future and Conditional are probably one of the most simple ones yet. Most verbs are regular, and the irregulars are limited to 12...for both! Conjugating here we go!

Regular Verb Conjugations

Future Tense

To form the Future tense using regular verbs (AR/ER/IR, the ending does not matter), you simply follow a two-step process:

  1. Keep the infinitive
  2. Add the following endings
é emos
ás éis
á án
    AR Verb Examples
  • I will talk - Yo hablaré
  • She will study - Ella estudiará
  • We will drive - Nosotros manejaremos
    ER/IR Verb Examples
  • I will eat - Yo comeré
  • She will drive - Ella conducirá
  • We will run - Nosotros correremos

Try some out yourself! Score:

Mi amigo, John, (estudiar) en su casa. Nosotros (invitar) a muchos de nuestros amigos para estudiar con nosotros porque el examén (ser) difícil y por eso, nosotros (revisar) mucho.

Conditional Tense

To form the conditional tense for regular verbs (AR/ER/IR, ending does not matter), follow two simple steps:

  1. Keep the infinitive
  2. Add the following endings
ía íamos
íás íais
íá íán
    AR Verb Examples
  • I would talk - Yo hablaría
  • She would study - Ella estudiaría
  • We would drive - Nosotros manejaríamos
    ER/IR Verb Examples
  • I would eat - Yo comería
  • She would drive - Ella conduciría
  • We would run - Nosotros correríamos

Try some out yourself! Score:

Mis amigos y yo quieren comer. Nosotros (comer) en un restaurante, pero no tenemos dinero. Nosotros (ir) al banco para obtener dinero, pero está cerrado. Yo le (llamar) a mi amiga para conseguir dinero, pero ella lo necesita. Mis amigos (comprar) comida de McDonald's pero no tienen un carro.

Irregulars

The Future and Conditional Tenses have very few irregulars, and the best part - they have the exact same ones! The endings are not different, but rather the verbs have different stems. Here they are!

There are 3 different Groups
  1. Vowel Ending replaced with "d"
  2. Vowel Ending removed
  3. Miscellaneous
Hacer Decir Tener Venir Valer Poner
Har Dir Tendr Vendr Valdr Pondr
Salir Querer Caber Haber Poder Saber
Saldr Querr Cabr Habr Podr Sabr

Try some out yourself! Score:

Mañana, yo (decir, Future) con mi amigo. Nosotros (tener, Conditional) nuestra conversación en un tienda de café, pero él no (poder, Future) comprar la comida. Por eso, él (venir, Future) a mi casa.