comenzar Future Conjugation
comenzar — to start
The future of comenzar is regular: comenzaré, comenzarás, comenzará, comenzaremos, comenzaréis, comenzarán.
comenzar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to talk about when something will start in the future or to make a prediction about a start time.
Notes on comenzar in the Future
Comenzar is completely regular in the future tense. Just add the endings to the full infinitive.
Example Sentences
Comenzaré el libro esta noche.
I will start the book tonight.
yo
La reunión comenzará en breve.
The meeting will start shortly.
él/ella/usted
Comenzaremos la construcción el próximo mes.
We will start construction next month.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Applying the e>ie stem change (comienzaré).
Correct: comenzaré
Why: Stem changes like e>ie do not happen in the future tense; you use the full infinitive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comienzo
Comenzar is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'ie': comienzo, comienzas, comienza, comenzamos, comenzáis, comienzan.
Preterite
yo: comencé
The preterite of comenzar has a spelling change in the first person: comencé, comenzaste, comenzó, comenzamos, comenzasteis, comenzaron.
Imperfect
yo: comenzaba
The imperfect of comenzar is regular: comenzaba, comenzabas, comenzaba, comenzábamos, comenzabais, comenzaban.
Conditional
yo: comenzaría
The conditional of comenzar is regular: comenzaría, comenzarías, comenzaría, comenzaríamos, comenzaríais, comenzarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comience
The present subjunctive of comenzar follows the e>ie stem change and the z>c spelling change: comience, comiences, comience, comencemos, comencéis, comiencen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comenzara
The imperfect subjunctive of comenzar is regular based on the third-person preterite: comenzara, comenzaras, comenzara, comenzáramos, comenzarais, comenzaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comienza
The imperative of comenzar uses the stem change for informal commands: comienza (tú), comience (usted), comencemos (nosotros), comenzad (vosotros), comiencen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no comiences
The negative imperative of comenzar uses the present subjunctive forms: no comiences, no comience, no comencemos, no comencéis, no comiencen.