Le futur simple (future)
Introduction
The futur simple corresponds to the future tense in English. We mostly use this tense to express an intention for the future, or a supposition about the present or future.
Beispiel

- Demain, je rangerai les dossiers.
- Tu ne finiras jamais en une journée.
- Est-ce que tu pourras m’aider? Si on range à deux, on finira plus vite.
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Usage
- intention for the future
- Example:
- Demain je rangerai les dossiers.Tomorrow I’ll sort the files.
- supposition about the future
- Example:
- Tu ne finiras jamais en une journée.You’ll never finish that in one day.
- conditional clauses (see Conditional Clauses)
- Example:
- Si on range à deux, on finira plus vite.If we clean together, we’ll be done faster.
Construction
We take the infinitive (for re-verbs, we remove the last e) and add the following endings:
person | er-verbs | ir-verbs | re-verbs |
---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | j’aimerai | je finirai | je vendrai |
2nd person singular | tu aimeras | tu finiras | tu vendras |
3rd person singular | il/elle/on aimera | il/elle/on finira | il/elle/on vendra |
1st person plural | nous aimerons | nous finirons | nous vendrons |
2nd person plural | vous aimerez | vous finirez | vous vendrez |
3rd person plural | ils/elles aimeront | ils/elles finiront | ils/elles vendront |
The verbs avoir and être are irregular.
person | avoir | être |
---|---|---|
1st person singular | j’aurai | je serai |
2nd person singular | tu auras | tu seras |
3rd person singular | il/elle/on aura | il/elle/on sera |
1st person plural | nous aurons | nous serons |
2nd person plural | vous aurez | vous serez |
3rd person plural | ils/elles auront | ils/elles seront |
Exceptions
- A short e in the word stem receives a grave accent (accent grave).
- Example:
- peser – je pèserai
- modeler – je modèlerai
- Some verbs double their consonants.
- Example:
- jeter – je jetterai
- For some verbs ending in rir, the i is omitted before adding the future ending.
- Example:
- courir – je courrai
- mourir – je mourrai
- For verbs ending in yer, y becomes i. (For verbs ending in ayer, both y and i are permitted)
- Example:
- employer – j’emploierai, tu emploieras, il emploiera, nous emploierons, vous emploierez, ils emploieront
payer – je payerai/paierai
- Verbs ending in oir, as well as aller, envoyer, faire and venir, are irregular (see the List of Irregular Verbs).
- Example:
- pouvoir – je pourrai, tu pourras, il pourra, nous pourrons, vous pourrez, ils pourront