Future - Futuro (Futuro Perifrásico ó Futuro Simple)

Now let's consider the future tense of a regular (ar) verb. To determine the correct forms of a verb, we start with its infinitive form. The infinitive form of the verb meaning (to walk) in Spanish is (caminar).

Now we add on one of the future tense endings: é, ás, á, emos, án
caminar + (ending) --> caminaré, caminarás, caminará, caminaremos, caminarán

The different forms of the verb caminar is shown in the table below.

caminar (to walk)

			

				
 
				
 
				
 
			
			

				
yo
				
 caminaré
				
(I will walk)
			
			

				
tú
				
 caminarás
				
(you will walk)
			
			

				
Ud./él/ella
				
 caminará
				
(you will walk)
			
			

				
nosotros (as)
				
 caminaremos
				
(we will walk)
			
			

				
vosotros (as)
				
 caminaréis
				
(you will walk)
			
			

				
Uds./ellos/ellas
				
 caminarán
				
(they will walk)
			
		

Note: yo = I, tú = you (informal), usted (Ud.) = you (formal),
él = he, ella = she, nosotros = we (males), nosotras = we
(females), vosotros = you guys (informal, males), vosotras = 
you guys (informal, females),  ellos = they (males), ellas = 
they (females), ustedes (Uds.) = you all (formal)

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