Futur simple - Actif (Basic Format)
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7A Futur simple – actif (Basic format)1. For verbs ending in "-r", add the following endings after the final "-r" of the verb (-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont). 2. For verbs ending in "-re", first remove the final "-e" from "-re", and then add the above endings. These endings, when added after the final "-r" of the verb, all mean "will", or "will be ... -ing" |
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7A Examples:
Example 1 (masculin / féminin singulier)
Il (elle) parlera. He (she) shall speak / shall talk. He (she) will be speaking / will be talking. He (she) will speak / will talk.
Special meaning when used with words like "quand, aussitôt que, dès que", etc. describing a future event:
Example 2 (masculin / féminin singulier)
Quand il (elle) parlera plus tard ce soir, … When he (she) does speak / does talk later this evening, … (for emphasis, or negative) (Future event) When he (she) speaks / talks later this evening, … (Future event) When he (she) is speaking / is talking later this evening, … (Future event) |
There are a few special spelling rules for the Futur simple:
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Special Spelling Rule 1 According to the rules of "La Nouvelle orthographe" (New Rules of Spelling) from the Académie française, when creating the Futur simple of a verb whose "Infinitif" form ends in the sequence "... e + single consonant + -er", or in "... é + single consonant + -er", the "e" or "é" preceding the " single consonant" is changed into "è" before a mute syllable, (that is a syllable ending in a silent –e). Example 1 Infinitif: 'lever' = ( ... e + v + er ) ; Futur simple: il (elle) lèvera
Example 2 Infinitif: 'protéger' = ( ... é + g + er ) ; Futur simple: il (elle) protègera Note: This rule also applies to 1st-Group verbs (ending in –er) whose "Infinitif" form includes the sequence of "... e" or "... é" followed by a pair of unlike consonants whose second letter is "h", "l", "n", "r", or "u". Examples are: ch - pécher, which would become "il (elle) pèchera" gl - régler, ... il (elle) règlera gn - régner, ... il (elle) règnera br - célébrer, ... il (elle) célèbrera gu - déléguer, ... il (elle) délèguera |
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Special Spelling Rule 2 For verbs ending in '-eler' and '-eter' A small group of verbs ending in '-eler' and '-eter' double their 'l' or 't' when they come before mute syllables. This group of verbs includes verbs such as 'appeler', 'jeter', and their derivatives (including interpeler) Examples of the doubling of ' l ' Infinitif: 'appeler', ... il (elle) appellera Infinitif: 'rappeler' ; ... il (elle) rappellera
Examples of the doubling of ' t ': Infinitif: 'jeter', ... il (elle) jettera Infinitif: 'projeter', ... il (elle) projettera |
Finally, there are several important verbs which modify their stem (core spelling) before adding the endings.
These are listed below, and are grouped according to the similarities in their modified form (that is, in their adjusted stem).
| Infinitif | Adjusted stem | Examples for : "je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils" (in sequence) |
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avoir (to have) |
aur- |
j'aurai I shall be having I shall have I will be having I will have |
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savoir (to know) |
saur- |
tu sauras you shall know you will know |
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être (to be) |
ser- |
il sera he shall be he will be |
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faire (to do / to make) |
fer- |
nous ferons we shall be doing we shall be making we shall do we shall make we will be doing we will be making we will do we will make |
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vouloir (to want) |
voudr- |
vous voudrez you shall be wanting you shall want you will be wanting you will want |
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pouvoir (to be able) |
pourr- |
ils pourront they shall be able they will be able |
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devoir (to have to) |
devr- |
je devrai I shall have to I will have to |
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recevoir (to receive) |
recevr- |
tu recevras you shall be receiving you shall receive you will be receiving you will receive |
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aller (to go) |
ir- |
il ira he shall be going he shall go he will be going he will go |
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venir (to come) |
viendr- |
je viendrai I shall be coming I shall come I will be coming I will come |
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tenir (to hold) |
tiendr- |
tu tiendras you shall be holding you shall hold you will be holding you will hold |
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voir (to see) |
verr- |
il verra he shall be seeing he shall see he will be seeing he will see |
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envoyer (to send) |
enverr- |
nous enverrons we shall be sending we shall send we will be sending we will send |
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courir (to run) |
courr- |
vous courrez you shall be running you shall run you will be running you will run |
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mourir (to die) |
mourr- |
ils mourront they shall be dying they shall die they will be dying they will die |
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valoir (to be worth) |
vaudr- |
je vaudrai I shall be worth I will be worth |
| falloir ↓ | faudr- |
il faudra it shall be necessary it will be necessary |
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(to be necessary) (impersonal - always conjugated with " il ") |
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s'asseoir (to sit) |
assoir- |
tu t'assoiras you shall be sitting you shall sit you will be sitting you will sit |
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s'asseoir (to sit) |
assiér- |
nous nous assiérons we shall be sitting we shall sit we will be sitting we will sit |