Spanish Tenses: The Future Progressive

19 Sep, 2009 in Uncategorized by Julio Foppoli

THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE – EL FUTURO PROGRESIVO O CONTINUOno

The situations in which you use this tense are the same both in English as in Spanish. Consequently, we are going to see some examples and we are not going to concentrate on when or when not to use this tense as you will do it intuitively if you native language is English.

This tense, EL PRESENTE PROGRESIVO, is used when you say sentences such as…

I will be working in a big office.	Estaré trabajando en una oficina grande.
They will be traveling around the world in two weeks.	Ellos estarán viajando alrededor del mundo en dos semanas.
We will be selling thousands of products.	Estaremos vendiendo cientos de productos.
He will be studying in his office for one hour.	Él estrá estudiando en su oficina por una hora.
She is leaving in two days.	Estará partiendo en dos días.

How to form EL FUTURO PROGRESIVO in 3 easy steps

1 Take the verb in the infinitive form…				trabajar	comer	partir

2 Drop the infinitive ending…				trabaj-	com-	part-

3 Add the verb ESTAR (to be)� in the future form and� the present progressive ending…
Yo	estaré	I will be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Tú	estarás	You will be (informal)		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Usted Él – Ella	estará	You will be (formal) s-he will be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Nosotros	estaremos	We will be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Vosotros	estaréis	You will all be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Ustedes	estarán	You will all be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo
Ellos	estarán	They will be		trabajando	comiendo	partiendo


Now it is your turn!
Conjugate the verbs in all the persons.

		(caminar)
Yo
Tú			Tip!
Usted Él – Ella			In verbs ending in -AR, the -ing form in English corresponds to the ending -ando in Spanish.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos


		(beber)
Yo
Tú			Tip!
Usted Él – Ella			In verbs ending in -ER or -IR, the -ing form in English corresponds to the ending -iendo in Spanish.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos


		(vivir)
Yo
Tú
Usted Él – Ella
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos

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Published on 19 Sep, 2009 in Uncategorized by Julio Foppoli

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