Irregular Spanish Future Tense
The irregularities in the future tense are a bit difficult to predict. You will be happy to know that ser and estar, which are irregular in almost every other tense, are completely regular in the future. It’s the following that you have to look out for:
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Irregular –ER verbs |
Irregular –IR verbs |
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SABER |
PONER |
VENIR |
SALIR |
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yo |
sabré |
pondré |
vendré |
saldré |
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tú |
sabrás |
pondrás |
vendrás |
saldrás |
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Ud., él, ella, |
sabrá |
pondrá |
vendrá |
saldrá |
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nosotros/as |
sabremos |
pondremos |
vendremos |
saldremos |
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vosotros/as |
sabréis |
pondréis |
vendréis |
saldréis |
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Uds., ellos, ellas |
sabrán |
pondrán |
vendrán |
saldrán |
You will notice that the irregular –er verbs drop the –e from the infinitive ending, while the irregular –ir verbs replace the –i with an –r.
Other common verbs that follow this irregularity are:
poder: podré, podrás, podrá, podremos, podréis, podrán querer: querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán tener: tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán valer: valdré, valdrás, valdrá, valdremos, valdréis, valdrán
There are two verbs that have an even stranger stem change in the future tense. You will simply have to memorize these.
You will notice that the irregular –er verbs drop the –e from the infinitive ending, while the irregular –ir verbs replace the –i with an –r.
Other common verbs that follow this irregularity are:
poder: podré, podrás, podrá, podremos, podréis, podrán querer: querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán tener: tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán valer: valdré, valdrás, valdrá, valdremos, valdréis, valdrán
There are two verbs that have an even stranger stem change in the future tense. You will simply have to memorize these.
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HACER |
DECIR |
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yo |
haré |
diré |
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tú |
harás |
dirás |
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Ud., él, ella, |
hará |
dirá |
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nosotros/as |
haremos |
diremos |
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vosotros/as |
haréis |
diréis |
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Uds., ellos, ellas |
harán |
dirán |
In the next section we'll talk about the Unusual Way of Using the Future Tense



