LEARN FRENCH FUTURE TENSE
French 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) | nous mangerons (we will eat) |
French Future Tense | |
Example of verbs ending in (-ir) | |
Singular | Plural |
je finirai (I will finish) | nous finirons (we 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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