Just as in Passé composé, the verbs taking être as their auxiliary in Futur antérieur are:
Reflexive verbs:
The rule is as follows:
[reflexive pronoun] + être in Futur Simple + [past participle]
Remember that the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.
The following list:
aller | to go |
arriver | to arrive |
demeurer | to remain |
descendre | to go down / to get off |
devenir | to become |
entrer | to come in |
monter | to go up / to get on |
mourir | to die |
naître | to be born |
partir | to leave |
passer | to pass |
rentrer | to come back in / to come home |
rester | to stay |
retourner | to go back |
revenir | to come back |
sortir | to go out |
tomber | to fall |
venir | to come |
To see how to form Futur antérieur of these verbs, look at the example of aller:
The rule is as follows:
Remember that the past participle (here allé) agrees in gender and number with the subject.
So use allée (fem. sing.), or allés/allées (plural masc/fem).
So use allée (fem. sing.), or allés/allées (plural masc/fem).
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