The Futur antérieur takes this form:
Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là.
He will have been cold that winter.
Vous aurez eu une belle vie après tout.
You will have had a good life after all.
Au moins, ils auront été ensemble.
At least, they will have been together.
Tu auras été mon meilleur ami.
You will have been my best friend.
Elle aura fait un beau scandale!
She will have made quite a scandal!
Au moins, j'aurai fait l'amour une fois.
At least, I will have made love once.
Ils auront pris le bus à la place.
They will have taken the bus instead.
J'aurai pris mon déjeuner à cette heure-là.
I will have had my lunch at that time.
Notice that the Futur antérieur follows this construction:
Elle aura pris son temps.
She will have taken her time.
J'aurai pris mon déjeuner à cette heure-là.
I will have had my lunch at that time.
Tu auras trop bu pour conduire.
You will have drunk too much to drive.
Ils auront pris le bus à la place.
They will have taken the bus instead.
Tu auras pris le train d'ici là.
You will have taken the train by then.
Vous aurez eu une belle vie après tout.
You will have had a good life after all.
Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là.
He will have been cold that winter.
Tu auras été mon meilleur ami.
You will have been my best friend.
Au moins, ils auront été ensemble.
At least, they will have been together.
Elle aura fait un beau scandale!
She will have made quite a scandal!
Au moins, j'aurai fait l'amour une fois.
At least, I will have made love once.
"They will have been happy together" does sound weird without any other context. But if you say, e.g., "When they'll get their first child next year, they will have been happy together for five years," it starts to become manageable. ;)
The first sentence is future perfect tense (indicative mood), in stark contrast to perfect tense (conditional mood) of the second sentence.
Hi Chris,
Thank you so much. Now that makes perfect sense and yes very manageable. As always to the rescue Chris, je vous remercie!
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Hi Ulfat ,
With the 'futur antérieur' the context is important ...
Ils auront été ensemble = They will have been happy together
For instance if you said:
"Dans leurs vieux jours ils pourront se rendre compte qu'ils auront été heureux ensemble" , indicating clearly that the action will be completed in the future...Looking back in their old age, they will realise that they ....
Another example -
D'ici l'année prochaine ils auront dépensé tout l'argent qu'ils ont gagné au loto = By next year they will have spent all the money they have won in the Lottery .
It is not a tense that is frequently used and can sound weird in English (in my opinion)...
Hope this helps!
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Hi Randy,
This tense is not as frequent as some of the others you have been studying but it denotes an action in the future which is prior to another action in the future. e.g.
Nous vous téléphonerons quand nous serons arrivés = We'll call you when we get there
1st action in the future = nous serons arrivés
2nd action in the future = nous vous téléphonerons
The 1st action uses the futur antérieur because it will happen before the 2nd action which is also in the future.
The problem I think is that in English after expressions of time like 'when', 'as soon as' etc.. the present tense is used. But this is not the case in French.
Take a look at the following lesson with lots of examples if things are still unclear -
Quand, lorsque, après que, une fois que + Le Futur Antérieur = 'when, after I've done in the future
Hope this helps!
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By then : d'ici là.
Is that a colloquialism?
Bonjour Paul !
Yes it is :)
Tu penses avoir fini ce rapport d'ici jeudi.
You think you'll have finished this report by Thursday.
Bonne journée !
Cher Paul,
You'll be happy to know that thanks to you, we now have a lesson on the use of d'ici + [duration/point in time] :)
Have a look !
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/by-point-in-time-d-ici
Merci et bonne journée !
By then : d'ici là.
Is that a colloquialism?
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Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been (had) cold that winter.
Bonjour Saleh, Thanks for your message.
That is not a mistake. As you may know, Avoir chaud / froid = To be hot / cold">avoir froid means "to be cold"
This applies to all tenses:
etc.
Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been (had) cold that winter.
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Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been cold that winter. Pourquoi on utilise “eu”, Est ce qu’on peut utiliser “ete” C’est a dire, il aura ete froid cet hiver -la
Bonjour Opeyemi, En français, "to be cold" = avoir froid, pas "être froid." C'est le cas pour tous les temps, y compris le futur antérieur qu'on voit ici, donc on dit il aura eu froid.
Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been cold that winter. Pourquoi on utilise “eu”, Est ce qu’on peut utiliser “ete” C’est a dire, il aura ete froid cet hiver -la
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