> but you could analyze the Spanish future tense as having a future suffix followed by a person/ number suffix. The Spanish future tense is actually the infini

> but you could analyze the Spanish future tense as having a future suffix followed by a person/ number suffix. The Spanish future tense is actually the infinitive plus the present simple of the auxiliary verb "haber". It started as a composite form, much like English "will + infinitive", but at some point it merged into a single form. For example: "He de comer" (I must eat) -> "Comer he" (I will eat) -> "Comeré" (I will eat) Note: the first form is still in use in the modern language, but the intermediate form sounds really archaic.