Spanish Irregular Future Verbs

Overview

This lesson explains Spanish irregular verbs in the future tense, highlights how they differ from regular forms, and provides practice in identifying and using them.

Review: Forming the Future Tense

• The future tense in Spanish is formed by adding endings to the full infinitive (e.g., bailar → bailaré).
• Regular endings add to the full verb, not by removing a part of the verb.

Introduction to Irregular Future Verbs

• Some verbs do not follow the normal future tense pattern and have irregular stems.
• Example: "haber" becomes "habrá" instead of "haberá" for "there will be".

Common Irregular Future Verbs and Forms

• Many frequently used verbs have irregular future stems that differ from their infinitive.
• Examples from the lesson: tendremos (tener), saldrán (salir), pondrás (poner), cabremos (caber), sabrás (saber), querrás (querer), podremos (poder), valdrá (valer), vendrás (venir), dirá (decir), hará (hacer).

Practice: Identifying and Using Irregular Future Verbs

• Students are asked to spot irregular future verbs and their infinitives in sample sentences.
• Practice conjugating: querré, vendrá, pondremos, querrán, podré, cabrás, tendrán, saldrán, sabrá, diré, harán.

English to Spanish Translation Practice

• Example translations help use irregular future verbs correctly.
• "Roberto will leave" → "Roberto saldrá"
• "I’ll tell them" → "Yo les diré"
• "They’ll want more toys" → "Querrán más juguetes"
• "We will not be able" → "No podremos"
• "The maid will put" → "La camarera las pondrá"
• "It won’t all fit" → "No cabrá"
• "We will not have anything" → "No tendremos nada"

Key Terms & Definitions

• Infinitive — The base form of a verb (e.g., bailar, tener).
• Irregular verb — A verb that does not follow standard conjugation patterns.
• Stem — The part of the verb that changes for irregulars in the future tense.

Action Items / Next Steps

• Practice conjugating irregular future verbs using provided examples.
• Translate additional English sentences into Spanish with future irregulars.
• Review regular future tense formation if needed.