Le Futur Antérieur in French Grammar
The futur antérieur corresponds to the English future perfect. We use the futur antérieur to talk about a future action that will have happened by another future point or action. This tense also expresses predictions or suppositions about what may have happened in the past. We form the futur antérieur using the futur simple form of avoir or être as an auxiliary, followed by the passé participe (past participle) of the main verb.
When to use the futur antérieur in French
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"J'aurai fini"
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"tu arriveras"
We use the futur antérieur in the following cases:
How to conjugate the futur antérieur
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j'auraiparléje seraiparti(e)
Agreement of the participe passé
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Elles seront allées.
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La lettre qu'il aura écrite.
How to form the negative with the futur antérieur
ne + auxiliary + pas + past participlePlace the negation around the auxiliary verb.
J'ne aurai pas attendu.