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**Les verbes: le futur simple**

The futur simple is the future tense in French. When you conjugate a verb in le futur simple, you add the word 'will' in front of that verb. There are different rules for ER and IR, RE, and irregular verbs.

__Les verbes ER et IR__ For regular ER and IR verbs, **do not take off the ER and IR** like you do in the present tense. Keep the entire infinitive and then add the endings:

Je ---ai Tu ---as Il ---a Elle ---a Nous ---ons Vous ---ez Ils ---ont Elles ---ont

To help you remember the endings, they are almost the same as the verb **avoir** conjugated in the present tense (except for nous and vous).

 //eg. parler//

Je parlerai //(I will talk)// Tu parleras <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il/Elle/On/Qui parlera <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous parlerons <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous parlerez <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils/Elles parleront

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;"> //eg. finir//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je finirai //(I will finish)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu finiras <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il/Elle/On/Qui finira <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous finirons <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous finirez <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils/Elles finiront

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">__Les verbes RE__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">For regular RE verbs, **take off the E only** and then add the same endings as for ER and IR verbs.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">//eg. vendre//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je vendrai //(I will sell)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu vendras <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il/Elle/On/Qui vendra <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous vendrons <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous vendrez <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils/Elles vendront

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">__Les verbes irréguliers__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Just like in the present tense, there are many verbs that are irregular in le futur simple and do not follow the patterns of ER, IR, and RE verbs. Here is a list of **what the most common irregular verbs change to before you add the endings**:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">être = ser <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">avoir = aur <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">faire = fer <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">aller = ir <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">vouloir = voudr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">venir = viendr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">pouvoir = pourr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">voir = verr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">courir = courr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">mourir = mourr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">savoir = saur <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">envoyer = enverr <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">devoir = devr

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">To conjugate an irregular verb, start with the irregular stem listed above, and then add the futur simple endings:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">//eg. être (ser)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je serai //(I will be)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu seras <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il/Elle/On/Qui sera <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous serons <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous serez <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils/Elles seront

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">To make any verb in the futur simple negative, place the ne...pas around the verb.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">eg. Je **ne** serai **pas** //(I will not be)//