servir Future Conjugation
servir — to serve
The future of servir is regular: attach -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
servir Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to state what will be served at an upcoming event or to predict if a tool will be useful.
Notes on servir in the Future
Servir is completely regular in the future tense. Use the full infinitive 'servir' as the base.
Example Sentences
Mañana servirán el almuerzo en el jardín.
Tomorrow they will serve lunch in the garden.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo serviré las copas de vino.
I will serve the glasses of wine.
yo
Esta experiencia te servirá mucho en el futuro.
This experience will serve you a lot in the future.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sirviré
Correct: serviré
Why: Mistakenly applying the present stem change to the future stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sirvo
Servir has an e > i stem change in all present forms except nosotros and vosotros: sirvo, sirves, sirve, servimos, servís, sirven.
Preterite
yo: serví
In the preterite, servir only changes e > i in the third-person forms: sirvió and sirvieron.
Imperfect
yo: servía
The imperfect of servir is completely regular: servía, servías, servía, servíamos, servíais, servían.
Conditional
yo: serviría
The conditional of servir is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sirva
The present subjunctive of servir uses the 'i' stem change in ALL forms: sirva, sirvas, sirva, sirvamos, sirváis, sirvan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sirviera
The imperfect subjunctive of servir is based on the preterite 'sirvieron' stem: sirviera, sirvieras, sirviera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sirve
The imperative of servir uses 'sirve' for tú and 'sirva' for usted, with 'servid' being the only form without the 'i' change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sirvas
The negative imperative of servir uses the present subjunctive forms: no sirvas, no sirva, no sirvamos, no sirváis, no sirvan.