caer Future Conjugation
caer — to fall
Caer is regular in the future tense: caeré, caerás, caerá, caeremos, caeréis, caerán.
caer Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict things that will fall or to wonder about a current situation (e.g., 'Will he fall?').
Notes on caer in the Future
There are no stem changes here; simply take the infinitive 'caer' and add the standard future endings.
Example Sentences
Ten cuidado o te caerás.
Be careful or you will fall.
tú
La bolsa caerá mañana.
The stock market will fall tomorrow.
él/ella/usted
Nos caeremos si no nos sujetamos.
We will fall if we don't hold on.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'cairé'.
Correct: caeré
Why: The future tense uses the full infinitive 'caer' as the stem, not a shortened version.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: caigo
Caer is irregular only in the 'yo' form (caigo), while the rest follow normal -er patterns.
Preterite
yo: caí
Caer is irregular in the preterite, featuring a 'y' in the third-person forms (cayó, cayeron) and accents on all other endings.
Imperfect
yo: caía
Caer is regular in the imperfect: caía, caías, caía, caíamos, caíais, caían.
Conditional
yo: caería
The conditional of caer is regular: caería, caerías, caería, caeríamos, caeríais, caerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: caiga
The present subjunctive of caer is based on the irregular 'yo' form: caiga, caigas, caiga, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cayera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'y' from the preterite: cayera, cayeras, cayera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cae
The imperative uses 'cae' for tú and 'caiga' for formal/plural commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no caigas
The negative imperative of caer always uses the present subjunctive forms.