Talking About the Future in Spanish

Future Tense

Using the Future tense in Spanish is crucial when discussing plans or predictions for the coming days, months, or years.
The Spanish Future tense, like English, can also express probability or uncertainty.
It’s formed by taking the infinitive form of the verb and adding the appropriate ending (é, ás, á, emos, éis, án). For example, ‘hablar’ becomes ‘hablaré’ (I will talk).
Some verbs are irregular in the future tense. These need to be memorised separately. A few common examples include ‘tener’ which becomes ‘tendré’ and ‘hacer’ which becomes ‘haré’.

Adverbs of time are often used with the future tense, like ‘mañana’ (tomorrow), ‘pronto’ (soon), ‘tarde’ (late/afternoon/evening) to specify when an event will happen.

The Spanish language also provides another way to talk about future actions - the “ir + a + infinitive” structure. Here, the verb ‘ir’ is conjugated in the present tense, followed by ‘a’ and the infinitive verb. For example, ‘Voy a estudiar’ means ‘I am going to study.’
The choice between using the future tense and ‘ir + a + infinitive’ usually depends on the level of certainty. If the action is definitely going to happen, often ‘ir + a + infinitive’ is used, but for less certain or more distant events, the future tense is more appropriate.

Future perfect (habré comido - I will have eaten) is used to talk about something that will have happened by a certain time in the future.
Conditional tense (comería - I would eat) is necessary to talk about hypothetical future scenarios.

Always pay attention to context and understand the nuances of different future expressions in Spanish. Practice using them frequently for better grasp.