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Le futur simple

The futur simple says what will happen. For most verbs, take the infinitive as the stem (drop the final -e of -re verbs) and add one set of endings for every verb: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont (they echo the present tense of avoir).\n\nparler → je parlerai, tu parleras… · finir → je finirai… · prendre → je prendrai…\n\nSome high-frequency verbs have irregular stems: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, venir → viendr-.

Examples

FrenchEnglish
Demain, je partirai à huit heures.Tomorrow I will leave at eight.
Nous serons là à midi.We will be there at noon.
Ils feront leurs devoirs ce soir.They will do their homework tonight.

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