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Song + grammar = Aguacero (by Maía) Posted by on Aug 2, 2012 in Spanish Grammar, Videos

We had Maía earlier this year on the Spanish blog with the song Ingenuidad and here she is again. I particularly love her song El Aguacero (The downpour) and it caught my attention because she uses two distinc forms of the future tense. Here are the lyrics to the song and the future tense forms are in bold.

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El Aguacero
Maia

Voy a llevarte conmigo al mas terrible aguacero….

Voy a hacerte una propuesta, que no podrás rechazar
dejarás que me haga dueña de tu destino y no lo sabrás
Voy a hacer una gran fiesta, con los latidos de tu corazón
Vas a entregarme en tus ojos todo el delirio, todo el amor
Será una tarde cualquiera, en medio de una tormenta
será la forma perfecta de quererte a mi manera…

Voy a llevarte conmigo al más terrible aguacero
Donde se salga el alma y a pleno sol se caiga el cielo
En un beso largo y profundo entre el aire que viene y va
Pura agua salada te voy a dar (2x)

Oye bien esta propuesta que no podrás rechazar
Puede ser que no comprendas como este frío te hace sudar
Llevarás agua en tus venas y mucha sal sobre tu piel
Temblará toda la tierra y bajo tu sombra me perderé

Será una tarde perfecta en medio de una tormenta
Se hará como yo lo quiera, voy a tenerte a mi manera

Voy a llevarte conmigo al mas terrible aguacero…

Y con los latidos de tu corazón voy a hacer el ritmo para bailar y la tierra entera se va a temblar

Pura agua salada en centro del mar…

According to grammar rules, the use of the Futuro Imperfecto (Simple Future) in Spanish is related to a future action that is going to take place considering what is happening now. It is also used to:

– make predictions = Mañana lloverá en nuestra ciudad. [Tomorrow it will rain in our city.]
– to talk about events that we are certain of = Nunca subiré en avión. [I will never get on a place.] – Siempre te querré. [I will always love you.]
– to postpone things that we want to do later on = Más tarde lo haremos. [We will do it later on.] – Luego iremos. [Soon we will go.]
– with phrases like Seguramente… [surely], Supongo que… [I suppose that…], Seguro que … [Of course…], Pienso que … [I think that…].

Now, the future form using ir + a + verb infinitive is more used in spoken Spanish and it shows that some actions have been planned beforehand. Take a look a the lyrics of the song again and see if the rules above apply to them.

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About the Author: Adir

English / Spanish teacher and translator for over 20 years. I have been blogging since 2007 and I am also a professional singer in my spare time.