j'essa ierai or j'essa yerai (I will try)įor verbs ending in e + consonant + ‐ er (but not é + consonant + ‐er), change the silent e before the infinitive ending to é in all forms of the future tense:.je netto ierai, nous netto ierons (I will clean, we will clean).Verbs ending in ‐ayer may or may not make this change: The following are exceptions to this rule:įor verbs ending in ‐yer (except envoyer, which is irregular and has enverr‐ as its stem), change y to i in all forms of the future tense. If the stem has one pronounced consonant before ‐er, the e of the ‐er infinitive is silent:Īll verbs that require spelling changes form the future in the same way as regular verbs: infinitive + future ending.

Note the following about forming the future tense of regular verbs:Įndings are added to the complete infinitive of ‐er and ‐ir verbs.įor ‐re verbs, drop the final e before adding the appropriate future ending:įor ‐er verbs, if the stem has two consecutive pronounced consonants before ‐er, the e of the ‐er infinitive ending is pronounced: The nous form is formed by adding ‐ons the vous form is formed by adding ‐ez. Note that the ending for the je, tu, il, and ils form is the present tense of avoir. The future tense of regular verbs is formed by adding the endings shown in Table 1. The future tense is used to express a future action or state, that is, what will happen in a future time. French II: Conditional Mood & Conditions.Using the Correct Form of the Past Tense.Infinitive in Interrogatives Exclamations.Infinitive Preceded by Adjectives and Nouns.French II: Special Uses of Certain Verbs.French II: Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions.Time and Using Advanced Time Expressions.False Friends: French Words in Disguise.

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