Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in Le Futur (future tense)

Aurélie Drouard
2021-04-30
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Look at these examples:

Je choisirai ma nouvelle voiture.I will choose my new car.

Un jour, tu parleras français couramment.One day, you'll speak French fluently.

Il mangera chinois demain.He will eat Chinese tomorrow.

Nous volerons dans une heure.We will fly in one hour.

Vous finirez votre dîner?Will you finish your dinner?

Les célébrations commenceront dans un instant. Celebrations will start in a moment.

To form Le Futur (Simple) of regular -er or -ir verbs, you keep the infinitive form of the verb and then add the following endings: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont 

Verbs like jouer or crier become je jouerai ou je crierai.
Even though we don't pronounce the "e", it is still there as part of the infinitive:

Ils joueront dans la pièce de l'école. They will play in the school play.

Je crierai de toutes mes forces.I'll scream my head off.

See also Conjugate semi-regular -oyer, -ayer, -uyer verbs in Le Futur (future tense)

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choisir

Je choisirai ma nouvelle voiture.I will choose my new car.

commencer

Les célébrations commenceront dans un instant. Celebrations will start in a moment.

crier

Je crierai de toutes mes forces.I'll scream my head off.

finir

Vous finirez votre dîner?Will you finish your dinner?

jouer

Ils joueront dans la pièce de l'école. They will play in the school play.

manger

Il mangera chinois demain.He will eat Chinese tomorrow.

parler

Un jour, tu parleras français couramment.One day, you'll speak French fluently.

voler

Nous volerons dans une heure.We will fly in one hour.
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