Future Tense Conjugations

Conjugaisons du futur

French future conjugations are, along with the conditional, the easiest in the entire language. Regular verbs and the majority of irregular verbs use their infinitives as the future stem, and there is a single set of future endings for all verbs.

• For -er and -ir verbs, add the future ending to the infinitive.
• For -re verbs, remove the final -e from the infinitive before adding the future endings.
• For stem-changing and the few irregular future verbs, add the future ending to the irregular future stem.

Par exemple…

Here are the future conjugations for the regular verbs aimer (to like), choisir (to choose), and rendre (to return); the stem-changing verb lever (to lift), and the irregular verb être (to be):

Pronoun	Ending	aimer > aimer–	choisir > choisir–	rendre > rendr–	lever > lèver–	être > ser–
je / j’	-ai	aimerai	choisirai	rendrai	lèverai	serai
tu	-as	aimeras	choisiras	rendras	lèveras	seras
il	-a	aimera	choisira	rendra	lèvera	sera
nous	-ons	aimerons	choisirons	rendrons	lèverons	serons
vous	-ez	aimerez	choisirez	rendrez	lèverez	serez
ils	-ont	aimeront	choisiront	rendront	lèveront	seront

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  French future stems are identical to conditional stems.

 Related lessons

• Irregular future stems
• Using the future tense
• PwLF super list of future tense lessons
• Future perfect
• Conditional mood
• Introduction to verbs

 French lesson plans

• L’avenir, c’est demain (Lesson, 10th-12th grade)
• Future tense (PPT, 9th-10th grade)
• Future quiz (Worksheet, 9th-10th grade)
• Un séjour à Paris (Lesson, 10th-12th grade)

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