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herir Future Conjugation

herir — to wound

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Quick answer:

The future tense of herir is completely regular, using the full infinitive as the stem.

herir Future Forms

yoheriré
túherirás
él/ella/ustedherirá
nosotrosheriremos
vosotrosheriréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesherirán

When to Use the Future

Use this to predict that an action or a comment will cause physical or emotional pain in the future.

Notes on herir in the Future

Herir is regular in the future. Just add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.

Example Sentences

  • Ese comentario la herirá.

    That comment will hurt her.

    él/ella/usted

  • Si no tienes cuidado, te herirás.

    If you aren't careful, you will hurt yourself.

    tú

  • Las espinas nos herirán las manos.

    The thorns will wound our hands.

    ellos/ellas/ustedes

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: Trying to change the stem to 'hierirá'.

    Correct: herirá

    Why: The future tense always uses the full infinitive for regular -ir verbs; do not apply present-tense stem changes.

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Related Tenses

Present

yo: hiero

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

Preterite

yo: herí

The preterite of herir features a stem change (e > i) in the third-person forms: hirió and hirieron.

Imperfect

yo: hería

Herir is regular in the imperfect: hería, herías, hería, heríamos, heríais, herían.

Conditional

yo: heriría

The conditional of herir is regular: heriría, herirías, heriría, heriríamos, heriríais, herirían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: hiera

Herir has two stem changes in the subjunctive: 'ie' in most forms, and 'i' in nosotros/vosotros.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: hiriera

The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'hirier-' stem derived from the preterite third-person.

Affirmative Imperative

yo: hiere

The imperative uses 'hiere' (tú) and 'hiera' (usted), following the present stem changes.

Negative Imperative

yo: no hieras

Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no hieras, no hiera, no hiramos, no hiráis, no hieran.