
ascender Future Conjugation
ascender — to go up
The future tense of ascender is regular: add endings to the infinitive (ascenderé, ascenderás, etc.).
ascender Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict a rise in costs or to express confidence that someone will be promoted later.
Notes on ascender in the Future
The verb is regular in the future. You simply take the full infinitive 'ascender' and add the standard endings.
Example Sentences
Pronto ascenderás en tu carrera.
You will soon move up in your career.
tú
Los gastos ascenderán a mil euros.
The costs will amount to one thousand euros.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mañana ascenderemos el último tramo.
Tomorrow we will climb the last stretch.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Yo ascenderie.
Correct: Yo ascenderé.
Why: Don't confuse the future ending with the conditional or subjunctive; it's a simple 'é'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: asciendo
The present tense of ascender features an 'e' to 'ie' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: ascendí
The preterite of ascender is completely regular: ascendí, ascendiste, ascendió, ascendimos, ascendisteis, ascendieron.
Imperfect
yo: ascendía
The imperfect of ascender is regular: ascendía, ascendías, ascendía, ascendíamos, ascendíais, ascendían.
Conditional
yo: ascendería
The conditional of ascender is regular: add 'ía' endings to the infinitive (ascendería, ascenderías, etc.).
Present Subjunctive
yo: ascienda
The present subjunctive of ascender follows the 'e' to 'ie' stem change: ascienda, asciendas, ascienda, ascendamos, ascendáis, asciendan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ascendiera
The imperfect subjunctive of ascender uses the 'ascendier-' stem: ascendiera, ascendieras, ascendiera, ascendiéramos, ascendierais, ascendieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: asciende
The imperative uses the stem-changed 'asciend-' for most commands, but 'ascended' for vosotros.
Negative Imperative
yo: no asciendas
The negative imperative of ascender is identical to the present subjunctive: no asciendas, no ascienda, no ascendamos, no ascendáis, no asciendan.