This deep dive covers Verbos irregulares — Irregular Stems within Future simple (inflectional: hablaré) for GCSE Spanish. Revise Future simple (inflectional: hablaré) in Time Frames for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 2 of 4 in this topic. Use this deep dive to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
🔍 Verbos irregulares — Irregular Stems
About ten common verbs use a modified stem in the future. The endings are always the same — only the stem changes. Learn the stem and you can conjugate all six forms instantly.
| Group | Infinitive → Stem | yo form |
|---|---|---|
| Drop the vowel (add -dr-) | tener → tendr- | tendré |
| poder → podr- | podré | |
| querer → querr- | querré | |
| saber → sabr- | sabré | |
| haber → habr- | habré | |
| Shorten (drop -ec- or -ec-) | hacer → har- | haré |
| decir → dir- | diré | |
| D-insertion (replace vowel with d) | salir → saldr- | saldré |
| venir → vendr- | vendré | |
| poner → pondr- | pondré | |
| valer → valdr- | valdré |
⭐ Key insight
The endings are always the same — only the stem changes. If you know the stem, you can conjugate all 6 forms. For example, tendr- gives you: tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán.
Note: querer → querr- has a double rr — querrá, not querá. And hacer → har- drops the -ec- entirely — haré, not hacerá.