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Using The Present To Express The Future

The document discusses three ways to express the future in Spanish: 1. Using the present tense to imply the future for imminent or near-future actions, like "¿Pongo el libro aquí?" meaning "Shall I put the book here?" 2. Using the construction "ir + a + infinitive" to refer to near-future actions, like "Voy a ir a España" meaning "I'm going to go to Spain." 3. Using the future tense formed by adding endings like "-é", "-ás", etc. to the infinitive, as in "yo hablaré" meaning "I will speak." This directly expresses future time.

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Using The Present To Express The Future

The document discusses three ways to express the future in Spanish: 1. Using the present tense to imply the future for imminent or near-future actions, like "¿Pongo el libro aquí?" meaning "Shall I put the book here?" 2. Using the construction "ir + a + infinitive" to refer to near-future actions, like "Voy a ir a España" meaning "I'm going to go to Spain." 3. Using the future tense formed by adding endings like "-é", "-ás", etc. to the infinitive, as in "yo hablaré" meaning "I will speak." This directly expresses future time.

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COUNTDOWN TO SPANISH

THE FUTURE
In Spanish, the future may be expressed in three possible ways: by
using the present, by using ir + a + infinitive, and by using the future
tense. You can expect to encounter any of these forms regularly in daily
conversations.

Using the Present to Express the Future


The present tense may be used to imply the future when asking for
instructions or referring to an action that will take place in the immedi-
ate future. You will instinctively know when the future is implied by the
present through the context of the conversation.
¿Pongo el libro aquí? Shall I put the book here?

Ella telefonea más tarde. She will call later.

Ir + a + Infinitive
In Spanish, as in English, the near future may be expressed with a form
of the present tense of the verb ir (to go) + a + the infinitive referring to
the action that the speaker will perform. The near future is generally
used for an action that is imminent, that is going to happen soon.
The irregular present tense of ir is conjugated as follows:

ir—to go
yo voy (boy) nosotros vamos (bah-mohs)

tú vas (bahs) vosotros vais (bah-yees)

él, ella, Ud. va (bah) ellos, ellas, Uds. van (bahn)

Add a + an infinitive to get the near future:


Voy a ir a España. I’m going to go to Spain.

Vamos a viajar en avión. We’re going to travel by plane.

THE FUTURE TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS


The future tense tells what the subject will do or what action will take
place in future time. The future tense of all regular verbs is formed by
adding the endings indicated in bold to the infinitive of the verb, as
shown here.

-ar Verbs
hablar—to speak
yo hablaré (ah-blah-reh) nosotros hablaremos (ah-blah-reh-mohs)

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