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A2-9 The Future tense

The ‘futuro simple de indicativo’ is used to express actions or situations which will happen in the future: tomorrow, in an hour, in a day, next year, …
ex. Cantaré una canción. (I will sing a song).
Mañana iré a tu casa. (Tomorrow I will come to your house).
Viviremos en Japón dos años. (We will live in Japan for two years).

The future tense is also used to predict things.
ex. Este sábado lloverá en Madrid. (It’s going to rain in Madrid this Saturday).
Encontrará trabajo en menos de un mes. (She will find a job within two months from now).
Se inventarà en 2090. (It will be invented in 2090).

It is formed by the verb in its infinitive form + the following endings.
-regular verbs:
CANTAR
Yo CANTARÉ
Tú CANTARÁS
Él/Ella CANTARÁ
Nosotros/as CANTAREMOS
Vosotros/as CANTARÉIS
Ellos/as CANTARÁN

COMER
Yo COMERÉ
Tú COMERÁS
Él/Ella COMERÁ
Nosotros/as COMEREMOS
Vosotros/as COMERÉIS
Ellos/as COMERÁN

VIVIR
Yo VIVIRÉ
Tú VIVIRÁS
Él/Ella VIVIRÁ
Nosotros/as VIVIREMOS
Vosotros/as VIVIRÉIS
Ellos/as VIVIRÁN

-irregular verbs can be divided into three groups, depending on the ending they share.
HABER / PODER / SABER: change their infinitive form into HABR- / PODR- / SABR-
PONER / SALIR / TENER / VALER / VENIR: change their infinitive form into PONDR- / SALDR- / TENDR- / VALDR- / VENDR-
DECIR / HACER / QUERER: change their infinitive form into DIR- / HAR- / QUERR-

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