Spanish B1.2 Listening Practice: Future Endings On Infinitives
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A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 5: add simple future endings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome to ChickyTutor! I'm Carmen, your host. Today, we're looking at the simple future tense in Spanish. Notice how easy it is: you take the whole infinitive verb and just attach the future endings directly to it, like hablaré or hablarás. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía discuss their work plans.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, ¿cuándo hablarás con el jefe sobre nuestro proyecto?
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Hablaré con él esta tarde, en cuanto termine la reunión.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Vale, yo prepararé los documentos ahora y te llamaré después.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
De acuerdo, y seguro que el jefe aprobará nuestra propuesta sin problemas.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Excelente, así hablaremos todos mañana con más tranquilidad.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
First, Álvaro asks Lucía: 'Lucía, ¿cuándo hablarás con el jefe sobre nuestro proyecto?' He attaches '-ás' to the infinitive 'hablar' to form 'hablarás', meaning 'you will speak'.
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8. Diego · Student
So to form the simple future in Spanish, do we keep the full infinitive intact for regular verbs?
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9. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego! You don't drop the verb ending like in the present tense; you just add the future ending right onto the complete infinitive.
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Lucía answers: 'Hablaré con él esta tarde, en cuanto termine la reunión.' She uses 'hablaré', adding an accented '-é' to 'hablar' for 'I will speak'.
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11. Diego · Student
What does the expression 'en cuanto' mean here?
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12. Carmen · Teacher
'En cuanto' means 'as soon as'. So Lucía will speak with him as soon as the meeting ends.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Álvaro says: 'Vale, yo prepararé los documentos ahora y te llamaré después.' Notice our key challenge phrase: 'Te llamaré después', meaning 'I will call you later'.
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14. Diego · Student
So both 'prepararé' and 'llamaré' use that accented '-é' ending for the 'I' form?
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15. Carmen · Teacher
That's right! For the 'yo' form in the simple future, you always attach '-é' to the infinitive.
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16. Carmen · Teacher
Then Lucía says: 'De acuerdo, y seguro que el jefe aprobará nuestra propuesta sin problemas.' She adds '-á' to 'aprobar' to make 'aprobará', meaning 'he will approve'.
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17. Diego · Student
Is the '-á' ending used for all third-person singular subjects like 'he', 'she', or 'you formal'?
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18. Carmen · Teacher
Yes, Diego. Add '-á' to the infinitive for él, ella, or usted.
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19. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro says: 'Excelente, así hablaremos todos mañana con más tranquilidad.' He uses 'hablaremos', attaching '-emos' to 'hablar' for 'we will speak'.
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20. Diego · Student
Is '-emos' the standard ending for 'we' across all verb categories in the future tense?
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21. Carmen · Teacher
Yes, whether the verb ends in '-ar', '-er', or '-ir', the 'we' form in the simple future always adds '-emos' to the infinitive. That brings us to the end of today's lesson. Great work practicing your future endings!
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