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The Future Tense (El futuro)

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Conjugation of regular verbs in the future indicative

The true future indicative (futuro de indicativo) form developed from the joining of the infinitive of the verb in question and the present indicative of the verb ‘haber.’:

Person/Number	Verb	Haber	Future Form
First Person Singular	hablar comer vivir	he he he	hablaré comeré viviré
Second Person Singular	hablar comer vivir	has has has	hablarás comerás vivirás
Third Person Singular	hablar comer vivir	ha ha ha	hablará comerá vivirá
First Person Plural	hablar comer vivir	hemos hemos hemos	hablaremos comeremos viviremos
Second Person Plural	hablar comer vivir	habéis habéis habéis	hablaréis comeréis viviréis
Third Person Plural	hablar comer vivir	han han han	hablarán comerán vivirán

Note that the vosotros form varies slightly from the complete joining of the haber form with the infinitive.

Note too that all forms carry a written accent except the nosotros form where it is not needed to maintain the appropriate stress.

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