12 Spanish verbs that you should memorize

The only irregular verbs in the future and conditional tenses.

Futuro
Futuro

These are the only irregular verbs in the future and conditional tenses. Only 12 of them (plus compounds). It’s worth learning them by heart.

Future

Verb (infinitive) 1st person singular meaning
caber cabré I will fit in
decir diré I will say, I will tell
haber habré (future of hay) there will be. Future of (haber to form perfect tenses) yo habré estudiado, I will have studied.
hacer haré I will do, I will make
poder podré I will be able to
poner (ponerse) pondré (me pondré) I will put, plus all the reflexive meanings, I will become, I will put on, etc.
querer querré I will want
saber sabré I will know
salir saldré I will get out, I will exit, I will go out
tener tendré I will have
valer valdré I will be worth
venir vendré I will come

You could use their first letters to remember them: C D HH PP Q SS T VV

Let’s take an example: tener

tendré tendremos
tendrás tendráis
tendrá tendrán

Example of a compund verb of tener:

mantener = mantendré (I will maintain)

Conditional

Verb (infinitive) 1st person singular meaning
caber cabría I would fit in
decir diría I would say, I would tell
haber habría (future of hay) there would be. Future of (haber to form perfect tenses) yo habré estudiado, I would have studied.
hacer haría I would do, I would make
poder podría I could, I would be able to
poner (ponerse) pondría (me pondría) I would put, plus all the reflexive meanings, I would become, I would put on, etc.
querer querría I would want
saber sabría I would know
salir saldría I would get out, I would exit, I would go out
tener tendría I would have
valer valdría I would be worth
venir vendría I would come

 

tendría tendríamos
tendrías tendríais
tendría tendrían

mantener = mantendría

 

Originally posted on 20110414. Latest update 20210602  (spanishNY.com) top

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