Simple Future Tense
Hablaré, comerás, vivirá. Regular -é/-ás/-á/-emos/-éis/-án. Irregulars: tendré, haré, podré, vendré, saldré.
A lesson of Spanish A2 — Elementary, in Future & Plans, about 10 minutes.
Simple Future Tense (El Futuro Simple)
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to conjugate regular and key irregular verbs in the simple future and use them appropriately for predictions, formal statements, and expressing probability.
How the Simple Future Is Formed
Unlike most Spanish tenses, the simple future is formed by adding endings directly to the full infinitive — no stem changes for regular verbs:
| Person | Ending | hablar | comer | vivir |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | -é | hablaré | comeré | viviré |
| tú | -ás | hablarás | comerás | vivirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | -á | hablará | comerá | vivirá |
| nosotros | -emos | hablaremos | comeremos | viviremos |
| vosotros | -éis | hablaréis | comeréis | viviréis |
| ellos/Uds. | -án | hablarán | comerán | vivirán |
All six endings carry a written accent except -emos. Note that -emos could be confused with the present indicative nosotros form (comemos) — context resolves this.
Irregular Future Stems
About a dozen high-frequency verbs use a modified stem instead of the infinitive, but still take the same endings:
| Infinitive | Future stem | yo form |
|---|---|---|
| tener | tendr- | tendré |
| hacer | har- | haré |
| poder | podr- | podré |
| saber | sabr- | sabré |
| poner | pondr- | pondré |
| valer | valdr- | valdré |