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empezar Future Conjugation

empezar — to start

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Quick answer:

The future tense of empezar is completely regular: empezaré, empezarás, empezará, etc.

empezar Future Forms

yoempezaré
túempezarás
él/ella/ustedempezará
nosotrosempezaremos
vosotrosempezaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesempezarán

When to Use the Future

Use this to talk about when something will begin in the future or to make a guess about when something is starting.

Notes on empezar in the Future

Empezar is regular in the future. You simply add the endings to the full infinitive.

Example Sentences

  • Empezaré el proyecto mañana por la mañana.

    I will start the project tomorrow morning.

    yo

  • Mañana empezará una nueva etapa para ti.

    Tomorrow a new stage will begin for you.

    él/ella/usted

  • Nosotros empezaremos la reunión en breve.

    We will start the meeting shortly.

    nosotros

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: Applying the 'ie' stem change (empiezaré).

    Correct: empezaré

    Why: The future tense uses the full infinitive 'empezar' as the base; it does not take stem changes.

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Related Tenses

Present

yo: empiezo

Empezar is a stem-changing verb where the 'e' becomes 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

Preterite

yo: empecé

Empezar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (empecé) but is otherwise regular in the preterite.

Imperfect

yo: empezaba

Empezar is regular in the imperfect: empezaba, empezabas, empezaba, empezábamos, empezabais, empezaban.

Conditional

yo: empezaría

The conditional of empezar is regular: empezaría, empezarías, empezaría, empezaríamos, empezaríais, empezarían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: empiece

The present subjunctive of empezar features both a stem change (ie) and a spelling change (z to c).

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: empezara

The imperfect subjunctive of empezar is based on the 3rd person plural preterite: empezara, empezaras, empezara...

Affirmative Imperative

yo: empieza

The imperative uses 'empieza' for informal commands and 'empiece' for formal ones.

Negative Imperative

yo: no empieces

Negative commands for empezar always use the present subjunctive forms: no empieces, no empiece, no empecemos.