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Le Futur Simple in French Grammar

The futur simple corresponds to the will-future tense in English. We mostly use this tense to talk about future plans or intentions, as well as to make predictions about what may occur in the future. We conjugate the future tense by adding the endings -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez and -ont to the infinitive of the verb.

When to use the futur simple in French

to talk about future intentions

to make suppositions or predictions about the future

in conditional sentences (if sentences)

How to conjugate the futur simple in French

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Exceptions

  • Exc_consonant
  • Exc_y_to_i

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How to form the negative with the futur simple

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