Spanish/Lesson 10

Grammar - Future In Spanish, the future has the same function as the future in English - to state things that will happen. Its use is equal to verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir for regular verbs. Example: Verb Hablar Comer Vivir yo hablar - é comer - é viver - é tu hablar - ás comer - ás viver - ás el/usted hablar - á comer - á viver - á nosotros hablar - emos comer - emos viver - emos vosotros hablar - éis comer - éis viver - éis ellos/ustedes hablar - án comer - án viver - án There are some irregular verbs that have different conjugations in the future for the first person - yo: venir: vendr - é tener: tendr - é poner: pondr - é salir: saldr - é poder: podr - é hacer: har - é querer: querr - é Functions Soon realization To express a plan for soon realization you need to use ir a + infinitivo. Example: Voy a visitar mi amigo. This means I'll leave to visit my friend soon, maybe in the next hour. Realization decided To express that a plan is really going to happen you need to use pensar + infinitivo. Example: Penso visitar mi amigo. This means I will, but maybe in weekend, maybe next week. Realization not decided yet To express that a plan may happen as you are not sure use estar pensando en + infinitivo. Example: Estoy pensando en visitar mi amigo. This means I am just planning, not sure yet.