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French Future Tense

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You will learn in this lesson: French Future Tense, Future Tense Categories.

 

Future Tense

 

The future tense simply describes actions in the future, in French it’s the easiest tense to make, just use the whole infinitive verb plus these following ending for (-er) and (-ir) verbs: je -ai, tu -as, il -a, nous -ons, vous -ez, ils -ont, which means that you don’t have to worry about the stem of a verb, just take it as is (infinitive) and add the future endings to it.

                                                       French Future Tense

Example of verbs ending in (-er)

Singular

Plural

je mangerai  (I will eat)
tu mangeras (you will eat)
il, elle mangera (he/ she will eat)

nous mangerons (we will eat)
vous mangerez (you guys will eat)
ils, elles mangeront (they will eat)

 

                                                       French Future Tense

Example of verbs ending in (-ir)

Singular

Plural

je finirai (I will finish)
tu finiras (you will finish)
il/ elle finira (he/ she will finish)

nous finirons (we will finish)
vous finirez (you guys will finish)
ils/ elles finiront (they will finish)


For verbs ending in (-re) you can still use the infinitive form but you have to omit the last “e”, for example the verb “to take/ prendre” becomes “prendr” before adding the same endings of the future tense we used for the (-er) and (-ir): je -ai, tu -as, il -a, nous -ons, vous -ez, ils -ont

 

                                                       French Future

Example of verbs ending in (-re)

Singular

Plural

je prendrai (I will take)

tu prendras (you will take)

il/ elle prendra  (he/ she will take)

nous prendrons (we will take)

vous prendrez (you guys will take)

ils/ elles prendront (they will take)

 

Some verbs take a completely irregular form in the French future tense, like the verb (to go/ aller), the stem would be “ir” + the usual ending, je -ai, tu -as, il -a, nous -ons, vous -ez, ils -ont, this kind of verbs should be memorized by heart.

 

                                                       French Future

Example of irregular verbs

Singular

Plural

je irai (I will go)

tu iras (you will go)

il/ elle ira (he/ she will go)

nous irons (we will go)

vous irez (you guys will go)

ils/ elles iront (they will go)

 

 

 

 

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