manejar Future Conjugation
manejar — to drive
Actions that will happen: 'I will drive', 'you will drive'.
manejar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about actions that are certain to happen in the future. It can also express probability or conjecture about the present.
Notes on manejar in the Future
Manejar is regular in the future tense. The entire infinitive ('manejar') is used as the stem, and the standard future endings (-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án) are added.
Example Sentences
Mañana manejaré hasta tu casa.
Tomorrow I will drive to your house.
yo
¿Tú manejarás el camión?
Will you drive the truck?
tú
Ellos manejarán con cuidado en la carretera.
They will drive carefully on the highway.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Supongo que ella manejará al aeropuerto.
I suppose she will drive to the airport.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense instead of the future: 'Mañana manejo a tu casa'.
Correct: For a future action, use the future tense: 'Mañana manejaré a tu casa'.
Why: While the present can sometimes imply future, the future tense is more direct and certain for planned events.
Mistake: Confusing future endings with present tense endings: 'Manejaramos' instead of 'Manejaremos'.
Correct: The future nosotros ending is '-emos', not '-amos'. So, 'Manejaremos'.
Why: This is a common confusion between the present indicative and future indicative endings for nosotros.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: manejo
Habits, actions happening now, or general truths about driving.
Preterite
yo: manejé
Completed past actions: 'I drove', 'you drove' at a specific time.
Imperfect
yo: manejaba
Ongoing or habitual past actions: 'I used to drive', 'was driving'.
Conditional
yo: manejaría
Hypotheticals ('would drive'), polite requests, or future-in-the-past.
Present Subjunctive
yo: maneje
Expressing wishes, doubts, or emotions about driving: 'I want you to drive...'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: manejara
Past hypotheticals or wishes, like 'if I drove...' or 'I wish you would drive...'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: maneja
Direct commands like 'drive!' or 'let's drive!' for manejar.
Negative Imperative
yo: no manejes
Negative commands like 'don't drive!' for manejar, using the present subjunctive.