{"id":8561,"date":"2011-07-31T21:47:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:27:32","slug":"french-grammar-back-to-the-french-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-back-to-the-french-future\/","title":{"rendered":"French Grammar: Back to the Future!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mes chers amis\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(my dear friends),\u00a0il est grand temps<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(it’s high time) that we get back to the future—And by that I mean the French grammatical\u00a0futur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Notice that unlike the English word “future<\/strong>“, its French equivalent is written without an “e<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span>“<\/span><\/div>\n
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The French future is un temps grammatical\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(a grammatical tense) that comes in four forms:<\/span><\/div>\n
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  • Le pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 valeur de futur <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em>(<\/strong>The Present with a Future value):<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
“En mi-Ao\u00fbt, mes vacances commencent<\/strong><\/em>” (“In mid August, my holidays begin”)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Le futur proche <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>(<\/strong>The Near Future):<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
“Nous allons jouer un petit match de foot dans quelques minutes” <\/span><\/strong><\/em>(“We’re going to play a football game in a few minutes”<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Le futur simple <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(The Future Tense):<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
“<\/span>Je passerai te voir \u00e0 Paris Plages demain<\/em><\/strong>” (“I’ll come see you at Paris Plages tomorrow”)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Le futur ant\u00e9rieur <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(The Future Perfect):<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
“<\/span>J’aurai fini le boulot avant ton r\u00e9veil<\/em><\/strong>” (“I’ll be done with the job before you wake up”)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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1. Le pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 valeur de futur<\/em><\/span> (The Present with Future Value<\/span>):<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes the <\/span>pr\u00e9sent<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0can come with a time hint, in order to express a fact that will occur <\/span>prochainement <\/span><\/strong><\/em>(soon):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n