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| Tengo que escribir un ensayo sobre qué es lo que haré cuando salga de la universidad. Y, bueno, aquí tengo una idea. Cuando termine mi carrera, trabajaré en una empresa muy |
| importante. ¿O se dice voy a trabajar en una empresa muy importante? |
| Oh, ok, pasemos a la siguiente idea. Voy a ganar mucho dinero ¿O es ganaré mucho dinero? |
| ¿Cuándo dices voy y cuándo usas el futuro simple? |
| Ah, mira, es muy sencillo. |
| Well, hello there my beautiful family from SpanishPod101.com. So, in this video, we’re going to talk about when to use “voy a” plus the infinitive and the future simple. We’re going to try to clarify this difference. So, please enjoy this video. |
| Okay, guys, so, there are basically in Spanish two ways for speaking about the future. The first one is with the perífrasis “ir a” plus an infinitive. Now, let’s look at the conjugation of this perífrasis to talk about the future. So, in the case of “ir” you need to conjugate this verb in present for all the subjects. In this case, we have “yo voy” and then you need to add the preposition “a” and then an infinitive. So, you will say, for example: |
| Yo voy a comer una pizza. |
| Yo voy a comer una pizza. |
| In this case, in English, it is very similar to “going to.” I am going to eat a pizza. So, “yo voy a comer una pizza.” Following with the other subjects, we have “tú.” In the case of “tú” it would be “tú vas a,” like for example: |
| Tú vas a ir a una fiesta. |
| You’re going to go to a party. |
| Okay? Tú vas a. |
| Then we have with “él.” “Éll va.” Él va a leer un libro. Él va a leer un libro. |
| Then we have nosotros. Well, in “él” is “él, ella” or “usted.” Right? Because it's the same conjugation, él, ella o usted. Then we have nosotros. And for nosotros, we will say “nosotros vamos a.” |
| Nosotros vamos a estudiar una carrera. |
| Nosotros vamos a estudiar una carrera. |
| Like, another one, okay, we already have one. |
| Okay, another one. |
| And last one is “ellos, ellas, and ustedes”. Ellos, ellas, and ustedes van. Ellos, ellas, and ustedes van a grabar un video. |
| Claro. |
| Okay. |
| They are going to record a video. |
| Nice. |
| Okay. Nice, thank you. |
| And now, we have the conjugation of regular verbs in simple future. Let's take this verb, for example, comer. |
| For first person, the end is going to be -e. Yo comeré. |
| Segunda persona -as. Tú comerás. |
| Tercera persona, él, ella, usted, terminación -a. Él comerá, ella comerá, usted comerá. |
| And another one, nosotros. En la terminación es -emos. Nosotros comeremos. |
| But what’s going on with the regular verbs? |
| Yeah, you missed only “ellos, ellas, and ustedes” in this case it’s just the ending, ellos ellas ustedes comerán. |
| Yeah, but I said, okay, let’s continue. |
| So, now, in this case, this future is very similar to English with “will” so in this case “yo comeré” is very similar to “I will eat,” tú comerás, “you will eat” and so on and so forth. So, that’s another way we’re speaking about the future. However, in this case, we have some irregular verbs. But, even though these are irregular verbs, they follow a pattern. What I’m saying is that, for example, one of these verbs is “tener.” |
| Tener. |
| Why is this irregular? Because the root is going to change. We wouldn’t say “yo teneré” like comer, “yo comeré,” you wouldn’t say “yo teneré,” but rather the root is gonna change and it’s gonna be “yo tendré,” so, you see, “tendr” that’s the root: yo tendré, tú tendrás, él tendrá, nosotros tendremos, ellos tendrán. So, another verb very similar is “saber.” |
| Ah, saber. |
| Yeah. |
| Also venir. |
| Venir, venir, that’s also a good one. |
| Yo vendré. |
| Yo vendré, tú vendrás, él vendrá, nosotros vendremos, very good. Excellent. Excellent. |
| Saber. |
| Saber is also, why? Because the root is now going to be “sabr” okay, so it wouldn’t be “yo saberé” but rather “yo sabré.” So, this is how we must conjugate the future simple in Spanish. |
| So, when do we need to use simple future, and when do we need to use the perífrasis verbal “ir a”? In this case, simple future, well, in all cases, simple future is more used for uncertainty. |
| Uncertainty. |
| Uncertainty. And we have an example: |
| Yo estudiaré medicina. |
| Good. |
| Another example: |
| A final de mes, terminaré mi tesis y haremos una fiesta. |
| Very good. Very good. So, in this case, he’s using the simple future, and the simple future is saying “estudiaré medicina,” I will study medicine. And in the second example, “terminaré mi tesis” I will finish my dissertation, and I will make a party, “y haré una fiesta.” However, since he’s using the future simple, it means that there’s a certain degree of uncertainty. Why? Because he might not be able to finish his dissertation on time during this month, and then therefore he won’t be able to make the party. |
| Now, let’s look at the big difference between the simple future and the planned future, or the perífrasis verbal “ir a.” When you’re using “ir a” you already have the plan to finish it, so, for example, if he says, “Este mes, a finales de este mes, voy a terminar mi tesis” it means maybe that he has already his date for defending his dissertation. And in the first case, “terminaré mi tesis,” he might not even have a date to defend his dissertation. So, that’s why, that’s why there is a difference, although subtle, between the simple future and the perífrasis verbal “ir a.” |
| Now, let’s look at another difference. So, in the simple future, you also use it when there is a spontaneous decision. |
| Ah, claro. |
| A spontaneous decision. So, for example: |
| Estoy muy estresado. Tengo mucha tarea esta semana. |
| Tranquilo, yo te ayudaré. |
| Wow! |
| So, in this case, it still means right now I have a lot of stress because I have a lot of work to do, and then all of a sudden, I’m saying, hey, don’t worry, I will help you. Like, it’s not something that I planned before but something that is coming out right now, and I’m thinking about it, and it’s like, okay, yeah, don’t worry, I will help you. So, it’s not something that I had planned before, okay? And the planned future, the perífrasis verbal “ir a,” doesn’t really need to be spontaneous. |
| Okay. |
| Okay? Very good. Now, also, when you use the perífrasis verbal “ir a” you’re talking about the immediate future. Immediate future. Therefore, something that is going to pass in a few minutes, in a few hours, okay, or recent. Okay? So, for example: |
| Voy a ir a jugar futbol esta tarde. |
| So, he has already plans to do it, and it’s in the immediate future. Okay? So, normally, we use it in the immediate future, and that is already planned. |
| So, guys, as you can see, the difference between a simple future and perífrasis verbal “voy a ir a” is very subtle. So, don’t overthink when to use one or the other one because any way you will be understood. But, just for this video, let’s sum up. |
| Exactly, so just remember that the simple future we’re gonna use it for spontaneous decisions and also to speak about uncertainty in the future, whereas the perífrasis verbal we’re going to use it for the immediate future and also something that is already planned, okay? So, try to use it accordingly. |
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| Exactly, exactly. So, see you in our upcoming video guys. |
| ¡Hasta luego! |
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