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Futur simple vs futur proche
The futur proche is aller plus an infinitive and covers what is about to happen or already decided. The futur simple is a single conjugated form and covers what is further off, less certain, or more formal. In speech the futur proche does most of the work; in writing the futur simple does.
Read the full explanationThe futur simple
The futur simple adds -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont to the infinitive: je parlerai, tu finiras. About twenty verbs have irregular stems and they are the common ones. French also requires the future after quand where English uses a present: quand j’aurai le temps.
Read the full explanationFutur simple: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it.
- 01
Plus tard, je te parlerai de mon voyage au Japon.
-er verbs: the endings go straight onto the whole infinitive.
- 02
Je pense que nous finirons à temps.
- 03
Lorsqu'elle prendra sa décision, elle nous téléphonera.
-re verbs drop the final e (prendr-), and lorsque takes a futur.
- 04
Je suis sûr qu'ils vendront leur voiture avant l'été.
- 05
Dans dix ans, tu seras peut-être médecin.
être has the stem ser-: je serai, tu seras, il sera.