Consonant Loss in Spanish Future Tense

Consonant loss in the Spanish Future Tense involves the dropping of certain consonants in the infinitive when expressing future actions or states. This change occurs before adding the future tense endings.

A notable example is ‘poder’ (to be able to), which becomes ‘podr-‘ in the future tense, losing the ‘e’. Thus, ‘podré, podrás, podrá,’ etc. This change affects several common verbs and requires memorization.

Synonyms:

  • English: Consonant-Dropping Future Tense Verbs
  • Spanish: Verbos con Pérdida de Consonante en Futuro Simple

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