lesson 3: Future perfect Tense

A lot of times in English we will tell our friends by this time I will have done this, or by the time I am 30 I will have a family, In Spanish we use the Future Perfect Tense to say what will have happened by a certain time or date. For this tense we are going to use the verb haber in its past participle form habré before the verb and change its ending to ado for AR verbs and ido for ER and IR verbs. Here are some examples:

Habrás aprendido a nadar antes de que le doce or You will have learned to swim before you are twelve.

Había Habíamos

Habías Habíais

Había Habían

Lesson:2 future tense

Hey this is Alan and me and Andrew are going to teach you one of the most important tenses in the Spanish Language, the future tense. In Spanish we use the future tense to say what we will do or what will happen, so as you can imagine in Spanish you will use this phrase a lot. For the future tense simply add the endings é, ás, á, emos, éis, án.

Here are some examples: Yo comer changes to YO Comeré, Tu comer changes to Tu Comerás.

Future Tense

Yo Comeré Nosotros Comeremos

Tu Comerás Vosotros Comeráis

El, Ella, Usted Comerá Ellos, Ellas, Usedes Comerán

Now your probably wondering wow this is so easy its almost to good to be true, well it is there are irregular verbs, and there are stem changes, but with practice and determinaion these are easy to learn.

Irregular Verbs

The cool thing about the future tense is the endings are the same for irregular verbs what is different is the stems the verbs take here are some of the ones to look out for.

Tener- Tendr Venir-Vendr

Salir- Saldr Querer-Querr

Haber- Habr Poner- Pondr

Poder- Podr Decir- Dir

Saber- Sabr Hacer- Har

Lesson 1: The Present and Present Perfect Subjunctive With Expressions of Doubt

Hi Andrew here, and the first thing Alan and I are going to teach you is The Present and Present Perfect Subjunctive With Expressions of Doubt. What does all that mean? Well You know how in English people will say I doubt that, well in Spanish people use the present and present perfect subjunctive to express doubt. Here are some examples.





Dudo que coman un caballo. OR (I doubt that they ate a horse)


Es posible que ellos el partido. OR (It is possible that they won the game)


Es dudoso que ella se olvido' de su tarea de. OR (It is doubtful that she forgot her homework)





To form this tense you add Dudo que (I doubt that), Es possible que (It is possible that), or Es dudoso que (It is doubtful that), with a verb in the subjunctive.





To place a verb in the subjunctive form switch the ending. If the verb is an AR verb it will have an ER or IR verb ending. For example the verb If the verb has an ER or IR verb ending switch it to an AR ending. For example the verb exisitir will turn into exista, existas, exista, existamos, existais, existan.





Now here are some actual conversations Alan and I have had using the The Present and Present Perfect Subjunctive With Expressions of Doubt:





Que es posible que la esposa de Tiger Woods le dio una paliza (It is possible that Tiger Woods wife beat him up). Dudo que mintio a la policia (I doubt that he lied to the police). Yo No (I dont). Es dudoso que el perdera el Masters (It is doubtful that he will win the Masters). Es dudoso que se quedera casado (It is doubtful he will stay married). Si (yes).

Welcome

Hello, I'm Andrew and me and my friend Alan are going to teach you the intricacies and nuances of the Spanish Language. Actually no were not, but we will teach you many of the basic tenses and rules of the Spanish language that really are essential for anyone trying to learn Spanish. Our teaching style may be a little different than what you are used to, we may be blunt, mean, or even rude but if we are it is because we feel that's the best way you will remember whatever it is we are trying to teach you. So Vamos!