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Learn how to form the near future tense in Spanish by following 3 steps. Practice conjugating verbs and using infinitives correctly.
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El futuroinmediato When? How? Examples Practice
When? The near future is used for… To talk about what you are going to do in the future Examples in English: This weekend I am going to play football with my friends. This evening my friends are going to go to the cinema. James is going to eat in a Mexican restaurant.
To form the near future in Spanish you follow 3 steps… • 1.-Use the present tense of “ir” : How? I You (sing) He She We You (pl) They Yo Tú Él Ella Nosotros Vosotros Ellos Voy Vas Va Va Vamos Váis Van • 2.- Then “a” For example ir to go bailar to dance salir to go out visitar to visit comerto eat jugar to play • 3.- Followed by an infinitive. (-ar,-er, -ir) • (check slide 7 if you want to know what an • Infinitive is)
Now have a go at putting the following verbs into the correct form of the near future tense. Show how you work it out. X Salt- + amos = saltamos I am going to dance I am going to eat I am going to chat I am going to do He is going to listen We are going to go They are going to have Voya bailar Voy a comer Voy a chatear Voy a hacer Va a escuchar Vamos a ir Van a tener X
What are the three steps to making a verb in the near future tense? • Use the present tense of the verb “ir” 2.- Then add “a” 3.- Followed by an infinitive
Practice 1.- Infinitive 2.- a Voy Vas Va Va Vamos Váis Van 3.- You (sing) are going to go out Vas a salir We are going to speak I am going to live Vamos a hablar Voy a vivir they are going to eat He is going to play Van a comer Va a jugar
What is an infinitive? • If you look up a verb (doing word) in the dictionary it will give you the infinitive. • It is the basic form of the verb before it has been conjugated. • In Spanish it will either end in AR, IR or ER. • In English it is a verb with ‘to’ in front of it, for example: • to sing, to play, to run, to dance, to eat, to live