
Here are both the Future tenses. I will firstly show you the nearer future, formed by the part of "IR + A + INF". This is extremely easy. In English we don't always use "will". Sometimes we say, "I am going to..." Well, this is what happens in Spanish too. Look at this:
Here are some examples in English and Spanish of the "going to" future:
To be able to form this tense you need to know how to form "To go" (IR), so here it is:
| PERSON ↓ INFINITIVE → | IR |
| (yo) I | VOY |
| (t�) You | VAS |
| (�l/ella/usted) He/She/You (polite) | VA |
| (nosotros) We | VAMOS |
| (vosotros) You (plural) | VAIS |
| (ellos/ellas/ustedes) They/You (polite/plural) | VAN |
That was nice and simple, but here is the main and proper Future tense:
In both English and Spanish
the Future tense is used to show a future action or state.
Here's how to use it:
Finally, remember that the Future tense is never used in Spanish after "si" when "si" means "if" or "whether".
So,
having learned when to use it, here's how to form the Future Tense:
| PERSON ↓ INFINITIVE → | TRABAJAR | COMER | VIVIR |
| (yo) I | TRABAJAR� | COMER� | VIVIR� |
| (t�) You | TRABAJAR�S | COMER�S | VIVIR�S |
| (�l/ella/usted) He/She/You (polite) | TRABAJAR� | COMER� | VIVIR� |
| (nosotros) We | TRABAJAREMOS | COMEREMOS | VIVIREMOS |
| (vosotros) You (plural) | TRABAJAR�IS | COMER�IS | VIVIR�IS |
| (ellos/ellas/ustedes) They/You (polite/plural) | TRABAJAR�N | COMER�N | VIVIR�N |
As usual, there are some exceptions to the rule. Here are the first set of exceptions. All you do is take the "er" or "ir" ending add a "dr" and then the regular future endings. The list of verbs that follow the example are at the end. Here we go:
| PERSON ↓ INFINITIVE → | SALIR |
| (yo) I | SALDR� |
| (t�) You | SALDR�S |
| (�l/ella/usted) He/She/You (polite) | SALDR� |
| (nosotros) We | SALDREMOS |
| (vosotros) You (plural) | SALDR�IS |
| (ellos/ellas/ustedes) They/You (polite/plural) | SALDR�N |
Verbs other than "SALIR" that go like this are: "PODER" (although the "d" is already there), "PONER", "TENER", "VALER and "VENIR.
Finally, the only other exceptions are minor changes, remember only the base changes here, all the endings are the same: "DECIR" has a base of "DIR...", "HACER" has "HAR...", "CABER" has "CABR..." and "QUERER" has an extra "r" to make it "QUERR...".