📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 9 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 2 · Work, school and the future
Cuando llegue — the future after cuando
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 9 of 30: Two more shortened futures worth owning: saldré (salir) and diré (decir). On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
saldré temprano
I will leave early
sahl-DREH tehm-PRAH-noh
te diré la verdad
I will tell you the truth
teh dee-REH lah behr-DAHD
la verdad
the truth
lah behr-DAHD
cuando llegue, te llamo
when I arrive, I will call you
KWAHN-doh YEH-geh teh YAH-moh
llamar
to call
yah-MAR
en cuanto
as soon as
ehn KWAHN-toh
la semana
the week
lah seh-MAH-nah
la semana que viene
next week
lah seh-MAH-nah keh BYEH-neh
saldrá bien
it will turn out fine
sahl-DRAH byehn
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Two more shortened futures worth owning: saldré (salir) and diré (decir). Same endings, short stems. Then a rule English does not have: after cuando and en cuanto pointing to the FUTURE, Spanish uses the presente de subjuntivo. Cuando llegue, te llamo.
Y también · And also
Llegue is the subjuntivo of llegar — the -ar verb takes an -e ending, the -er and -ir verbs take -a. Module 2 of this band builds the whole mood; for now learn the pattern as a fixed shape: cuando + llegue / termine / salga, then the plan.
Ojo · Watch out
After cuando pointing to the future, use the subjuntivo: cuando llegue, te llamo. English says when I arrive; Spanish never says cuando llego for a future event — that is the habit reading (whenever I arrive).
salir, futuro — the table
yo saldré · tú saldrás · él/ella/usted saldrá · nosotros saldremos · ustedes saldrán · ellos/ellas saldrán
decir, futuro — the table
yo diré · tú dirás · él/ella/usted dirá · nosotros diremos · ustedes dirán · ellos/ellas dirán
llegar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo llegue · tú llegues · él/ella/usted llegue · nosotros lleguemos · ustedes lleguen · ellos/ellas lleguen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with saldré temprano.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out salir, futuro and decir, futuro and llegar, presente de subjuntivo in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.