Conjugate être in Le Futur (future tense)

Hi Louise,

I am guessing at what your question might be because your post didn't show one....

On sera à la fête ce soir. -- We will be at the party tonight.
Nous serons à la fête ce soir. -- We will be at the party tonight.

Both sentences mean the same thing. The first version, with "on" is a bit more colloquial than the one using "nous", though. Note that the verb has to fit the subject in person and number. Since "on" is third person singular, that's what you need for the verb: sera. When using "nous" as the verb, you need first person plural, hence "serons".

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Bonjour Louise !

To complete Chris's answer, here's the link to our lesson on "on" : 

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/on-can-mean-we-one-and-people

Bonne journée !

Bonjour Jason ! The absence of article here is not linked to Le Futur Simple, but to talking about professions. Have a look at the following lesson: Don't use un, une when giving people's professions (zero article) À bientôt !

Thanks Aurélie!

​Actually, here the rule is the same as in English: ​though in spoken French, a lot of people would "double" the compound subject by adding its equivalent subject pronoun (Marie et moi, nous.... / Ta mère et toi, vous... etc), this is a redundant and incorrect turn of phrase, and it is to be avoided in written form.

Bonjour Susan ! That's an interesting remark :) I guess the two meanings are not that far from each other: after all you would be disappointed if someone deceived you. I guess that's probably the link between the two meanings! Note that in French we also have "désappointé" and "désappointement", they're just not common and considered quite old-fashioned and quaint. À bientôt !

The linkage you point to may be an example of French as the language of diplomacy - "We were disappointed" sounds far more moderate than, "We were deceived." Or maybe not. Thanks for your reply, Aurélie.

Hi Melody, Sorry, that's a typo, it should say "root." We'll get it fixed soon.

Thank you for reporting this mistake, Melody, it's now been fixed! À bientôt !

Bonjour Olivia ! In most cases, you will use Le Futur (futur simple) to express "I will + verb", whereas Le Futur Proche (aller + infinitive) is the equivalent of "I'm going to + verb". A bientôt !

This is a rather old thread, but when I was in school (many, many years ago) I do not remember any distinction between a futur simple and a futur proche (which in fact I have never heard of). Is this something new? I learned that aller + inf was always correct and an easy way to create a future tense.