Future and Conditional Tenses

1. Future and Conditional Tenses

2. The stem for both the future and the conditional is the infinitive: hablar- comer- vivir- trabajar- leer- escribir- mirar- volver- abrir- Following are the endings for the future (-ar, -er, and –ir verbs): -é -emos -ás -éis -á -án hablaré hablaremos comeré comeremos viviré viviremos hablarás hablaréis comerás comeréis vivirás viviréis hablará hablarán comerá comerán vivirá vivirán

3. Note: the future endings, with the exception of the “vosotros” ending, are the same as the present perfect helping verb minus the “h”: -é -emos -ás -éis -á -án he hemos has habéis ha han

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5. Irregular Verbs No verbs stem change in the future or conditional, and there are no spell changes. However, there are several irregular stems: verbs where a d verbs where the e verbs where two replaces the i or e disappears letters disappear salir saldr- poder podr- decir dir- venir vendr- querer querr- hacer har- poner pondr- saber sabr- tener tendr- haber habr-

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7. Conditional Like the future, the conditional uses the infinitive as its stem. All the stems that are irregular in the future (poner – pondr-, hacer – har-, etc.) are also irregular in the conditional. Here are the endings for the conditional: hablaría hablaríamos hablarías hablaríais hablaría hablarían Note that these endings are exactly the same as the –er/-ir endings for the imperfect: comía (imperfect) comería (conditional)

8. Summary The future and conditional use the infinitive as the stem (no dropping of the –ar, -er, -ir) and have the same irregular stems. The future translates with “will,” and the conditional translates with “would.” future endingsconditional endings -é -emos -ía íamos -ás -éis -ías íais -á -án -ía ían

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