Hi Sally,

'Ils auront été ...' is correct as both the verbs être and avoir take 'avoir 'as auxiliary verbs -

Elle aura été 

Nous aurons eu 

This looks like it is from a quiz, so the best way is to re-post your query using the Report It button on your correction board which will link directly to the said quiz so we can look at it.

Hope this helps!

Hi Jason,

The translation of -

'Ils auront été heureux ensemble' =  'They will have been happy together'

is correct but I know it does sound strange without further context.

Take a look at the answers to similar comments in the Q&A below that lesson on the futur antérieur (future perfect)  given by Chris and myself as they should help you understand the concept.

Le futur antérieur describes a future action that will have happened by a certain time in the future.

Hope this helps!

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!

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!

Bonjour Paul !

Yes it is :)

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 !

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:

• Il avait froid = He was cold.
• Il aura froid = He will be cold.
• Il aura eu froid = He will have been cold.

etc.

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.