Intro2Spanish.com: Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative: Future Progressive Tense

Progressive tenses use a form of "to be" along with the present participle of the verb or action stated. The participle form in English is the "---ing" form of a verb.

An English Verb Conjugated in the Future Progressive Tense
I will be changing	we will be changing
you will be changing	y'all will be changing
he, she, it will be changing	they will be changing

Note that the only change in these tenses is what you do with the verb to be. The same thing will be true in Spanish.

In Spanish, you use the verb estar (to be) along with the -ando or -iendo form of a verb.

AR verbs:	-*ando*
ER & IR verbs:	-iendo

For - AR verbs:

For putting an -ar verb into the future progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the future. You can substitute any -ar verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -ando ending to achieve the results in the right column.

future tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- AR
	yo	estaré	----- ando	I will be ----- ing
	tú	estarás	----- ando	you will be ----- ing
	él	estará	----- ando	he will be ----- ing
	ella	estará	----- ando	she will be ----- ing
	Usted	estará	----- ando	you will be ----- ing
	nosotros	estaremos	----- ando	we will be ----- ing
	nosotras	estaremos	----- ando	we(ladies) will be ----- ing
	vosotros	estaráis	----- ando	y'all will be ----- ing
	vosotras	estaráis	----- ando	y'all (ladies) will be ----- ing
	ellos	estarán	----- ando	they will be ----- ing
	ellas	estarán	----- ando	they(ladies) will be ----- ing
	ustedes	estarán	----- ando	y'all will be ----- ing
This is what will be going on in one's life, ... as one sees it [actually in progress] ...

For - ER verbs:

For putting ER verbs into the future progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the future. You can substitute any -er verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -iendo ending to achieve the results in the right column.

future tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- ER
	yo	estaré	----- iendo	I will be ----- ing
	tú	estarás	----- iendo	you will be ----- ing
	él	estará	----- iendo	he will be ----- ing
	ella	estará	----- iendo	she will be ----- ing
	Usted	estará	----- iendo	you will be ----- ing
	nosotros	estaremos	----- iendo	we will be ----- ing
	nosotras	estaremos	----- iendo	we(ladies) will be ----- ing
	vosotros	estaráis	----- iendo	y'all will be ----- ing
	vosotras	estaráis	----- iendo	y'all (ladies) will be ----- ing
	ellos	estarán	----- iendo	they will be ----- ing
	ellas	estarán	----- iendo	they(ladies) will be ----- ing
	ustedes	estarán	----- iendo	y'all will be ----- ing
This is what will be going on in one's life, ... as one sees it [actually in progress] ...

For - IR verbs:

For putting IR verbs into the future progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the future. You can substitute any -ir verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -iendo ending to achieve the results in the right column.

future tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- IR
	yo	estaré	----- iendo	I will be ----- ing
	tú	estarás	----- iendo	you will be ----- ing
	él	estará	----- iendo	he will be ----- ing
	ella	estará	----- iendo	she will be ----- ing
	Usted	estará	----- iendo	you will be ----- ing
	nosotros	estaremos	----- iendo	we will be ----- ing
	nosotras	estaremos	----- iendo	we(ladies) will be ----- ing
	vosotros	estaráis	----- iendo	y'all will be ----- ing
	vosotras	estaráis	----- iendo	y'all (ladies) will be ----- ing
	ellos	estarán	----- iendo	they will be ----- ing
	ellas	estarán	----- iendo	they(ladies) will be ----- ing
	ustedes	estarán	----- iendo	y'all will be ----- ing
This is what will be going on in one's life, ... as one sees it [actually in progress] ...