Questions & Answers about Pronto entenderás la lección.
I learned that the verb is entiendes for "you". Why isn't it entienderás here?
In the present tense, entender is a stem-changing verb (tú entiendes). However, to form the future tense, you do not use the present tense stem. Instead, you add the future endings directly to the full infinitive word (entender + -ás). Because of this, it stays regular in the future tense: entenderás.
Could I say Pronto vas a entender la lección instead?
Yes, absolutely! Vas a entender (you are going to understand) and entenderás (you will understand) mean almost exactly the same thing. In everyday spoken Spanish, people often prefer the ir a + infinitive structure, but the one-word future tense (entenderás) is also very common and often emphasizes a strong prediction or a promise about the future.
Why does entenderás have a written accent mark?
In the future tense, all endings except the nosotros (we) form carry a written accent mark. For the tú (you) form, the ending is -ás. The accent tells you to break the normal pronunciation rules and put the spoken stress on that final syllable: en-ten-de-RÁS.
Does the word pronto have to go at the beginning of the sentence?
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