Just as in Le Passé Composé, the verbs taking être as their auxiliary in Le Futur Antérieur are:
Reflexive verbs:
The rule is as follows:
[reflexive pronoun] + être in Le 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 Le 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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