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The future tense in French is formed in French in the following way:

 

Take the stem of the verb, as follows:

 

-ER Verbs:   the infinitive,                                      i.e. jouer                =  jouer

-IR Verbs:             the infinitive,                            i.e. finir                 =  finir

-RE verbs:             the infinitive minus the "e",        i.e. attendre           = attendr

 

Easy way to remember these endings: They are the verb "avoir" in the present tense, minus the "av" in the nous and vous forms. i.e. j'ai tu as il a nous (av)ons vous (av)ez ils ont

Now add the endings below:

 

je ....................... ai

tu ....................... as

il  .......................  a

nous .................  ons

vous .................  ez

ils ......................  ont

 

 

 

EXCEPTIONS:

 

There are a number of verbs which have irregular stems. The most common are given below:

 

acheter	achèter
avoir	aur
être	ser
aller	ir
faire	fer
courir	courr
devoir	devr
envoyer	enverr
se lever	se lèver
pouvoir	pourr
recevoir	recevr
savoir	saur
venir	viendr
voir	verr
vouloir	voudr