{"id":15187,"date":"2012-06-15T01:50:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T23:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:12:21","slug":"moving-foward-with-the-future-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/moving-foward-with-the-future-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving foward with the future in French"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two kinds of future tense in French: le Futur Simple<\/strong> and le Futur Proche<\/strong>. Today we’re going to start talking about the Futur Simple. It is used when you are talking about plans in the future, but nothing extremely definite, things may change. This would correspond to using “will” to express the future in English.<\/p>\n

In French we have a conjugation for the Futur Simple: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont<\/strong>. Here’s an example of the three conjugations in French:<\/p>\n

1st conjugation \u2013 parler <\/strong>(to speak)<\/em><\/p>\n

je parlerai<\/strong>, tu parleras<\/strong>, il\/elle\/on parlera<\/strong>, nous parlerons<\/strong>, vous parlerez<\/strong>, ils\/elles parleront<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd conjugation \u2013 finir<\/strong> (to finish)<\/em><\/p>\n

je finirai<\/strong>, tu finiras<\/strong>, il\/elle\/on finira<\/strong>, nous finirons<\/strong>, vous finirez<\/strong>, ils\/elles finiront<\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd conjugation \u2013 vendre<\/strong> (to sell)<\/em><\/p>\n

je vendrai<\/strong>, tu vendras<\/strong>, il\/elle\/on vendra<\/strong>, nous vendrons<\/strong>, vous vendrez<\/strong>, ils\/elles vendront<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some time expressions typically used in the Futur Simple:<\/strong><\/p>\n

demain (tomorrow)<\/em>, demain matin (tomorrow morning)<\/em>, demain apr\u00e8s-midi (tomorrow afternoon)<\/em>, demain soir (tomorrow everning<\/em>), la semaine prochaine (next week)<\/em>, le mois prochain (next month)<\/em>, l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochain (next year)<\/em>, mardi prochain (next Tuesday)<\/em>, plus tard (later)<\/em>, cet apr\u00e8s-midi (this afternoon)<\/em>, ce soir (this evening<\/em>), cet \u00e9t\u00e9 (this summer),<\/em> etc<\/p>\n

Some verbs have spelling changes when conjugated in the Futur Simple<\/em>. Check out the stem of some of them. Remember: the endings are the same!<\/p>\n

acheter (to buy)<\/em> – ach\u00e8ter-<\/strong>, amener (to bring)<\/em> – am\u00e8ner-<\/strong>, mener (to lead)<\/em> – m\u00e8ner-<\/strong>, (se) lever (to rise\/to stand up)<\/em> – (se) l\u00e8ver-<\/strong>, (se) promener (to go for a walk)<\/em> – (se) prom\u00e8ner<\/strong>-, \u00e9peler (to spell)<\/em> – epeller-<\/strong>, jeter (to throw)<\/em> – jetter-<\/strong>, (s\u2019) appeler (to call)<\/em> – (s\u2019) appeller-<\/strong>, employer (to use)<\/em> – emploier<\/strong>-, essayer (to try)<\/em> – essaier<\/strong>-, nettoyer (to clean)<\/em> – nettoier-<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, bien s\u00fbr, we have irregular verbs! Check out the future forms of the following verbs:<\/p>\n

aller (to go)<\/em> – ir-<\/strong>, avoir (to have)<\/em> – aur-<\/strong>, courir (to run)<\/em> – courr-<\/strong>, devenir (to become)<\/em> – deviendr-<\/strong>, devoir (to owe, to have to)<\/em> – devr-<\/strong>, envoyer (to send) –<\/em> enverr-<\/strong>, \u00eatre (to be)<\/em> – ser-<\/strong>, faire (to do, to make)<\/em> – fer-<\/strong>, falloir (to have to)<\/em> – faudr-<\/strong>, mourir (to die)<\/em> – mourr<\/strong>-, pleuvoir (to rain)<\/em> – pleuvr-<\/strong>, recevoir (to receive)<\/em> – recevr-<\/strong>, retenir (to retain, to keep)<\/em> – retiendr-<\/strong>, revenir (to come back)<\/em> – reviendr-<\/strong>, savoir (to know)<\/em> – saur-<\/strong>, tenir (to hold)<\/em> – tiendr-<\/strong>, valoir (to be worth)<\/em> – vaudr-<\/strong>, venir (to come) –<\/em> viendr-<\/strong>, voir (to see)<\/em> – verr-<\/strong>, vouloir (to want)<\/em> – voudr-<\/strong><\/p>\n

In French we use the expressions aussit\u00f4t que<\/em> (as soon as), d\u00e8s que<\/em> (as soon as), lorsque<\/em> (when), quand<\/em> (when) and tant que<\/em> (as long as) with the Future form, not the Present, like in English. Check out some examples:<\/p>\n

Tant qu\u2019il ne pleuvra<\/strong> pas, nous irons \u00e0 la plage. (As long as it doesn\u2019t rain, we will go to the beach.)<\/em>
\nAussit\u00f4t que nous d\u00eenerons<\/strong>, nous irons au cin\u00e9ma. (As soon as we have dinner, we will go to the movies.)<\/em>
\nQuand ils iront<\/strong> \u00e0 Rome, ils visiteront le Colis\u00e9e. (When they go to Rome, they will visit the Coliseum.)<\/em>
\nJe voyagerai d\u00e8s que j\u2019aurai<\/strong> assez d\u2019argent. (I will travel as soon as I have enough money.)<\/em>
\nLorsque que nous nous r\u00e9veillerons<\/strong>, nous prendrons le petit-d\u00e9jeuner. (When we wake up, we will have breakfast.)<\/em>
\nElle aura un verre de vin quand elle finira<\/strong> ces exercises. (She will have a glass of wine when she finishes these exercises.)<\/em>
\nQuando le train arrivera<\/strong>, tu te mettras au premier wagon. (When the train arrives, you get into the first wagon.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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There are two kinds of future tense in French: le Futur Simple and le Futur Proche. Today we’re going to start talking about the Futur Simple. It is used when you are talking about plans in the future, but nothing extremely definite, things may change. This would correspond to using “will” to express the future…<\/p>\n

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