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Future & Conditional

Forming the futur simple

Beginner

The futur simple corresponds to English "will" and is formed by adding a single set of endings — -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont (which look like the present tense of avoir) — directly onto the infinitive: parlerje parlerai, tu parleras, il parlera, nous parlerons, vous parlerez, ils parleront.

For -re verbs, the final e is dropped before adding the endings: vendreje vendrai, not je vendreai. This tense is more common in writing and formal speech than the futur proche, and it's the standard tense for predictions, promises, and the result clause of a si-clause (si tu viens, je serai contentif you come, I will be happy).