Three Step French - Learn #29 - Talking About Future Actions in French - Grammar
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Let's look at the sentence patterns. But first, let's get familiar with future simple conjugations. In French, this is how you form the future simple or simple future tense. The future tense endings are : -ais, -as, -as, -en, -es, -en. These endings are added directly to the infinitive form of the verb for regular

et "hear" verbe. Pour "re" verbe, vous mettez d'abord le final "e" puis vous ajoutez le fin. Ces patterns sont les structures que nos exemples suivront. Voyons une ligne du dialogue qui suit le pattern "a". Pattern "a" Pour "e" et "hear" verbes, le pattern est : verbe infini + fin futur

Je visiterai Nice avec quelques amis. "I will visit Nice with some friends." In this sentence, "visiterai" is the future form of the verb "visiter", meaning "to visit". "Visiter" is a regular "é" verb, so we follow pattern "é". We keep the full infinitive "visiter" and then we add the ending "é".

which is the first person singular "je" ending in the future simple. Je visitais plus "ai", je visiterai. This means "I will visit". The rest of the sentence is "Nice", the name of a city in France, the destination, avec quelques amis, meaning "with some friends".

Je visiterai Nice avec quelques amis fits the pattern infinitive verb "er" or "ir" future tense ending and translate as "I will visit Nice with some friends". Now let's see how a line from the dialogue follows pattern B. Pattern B

For "re" verbs, the pattern is infinitive verb without final "e" plus future tense ending. Non, je prendrai quelques cours d'été là-bas. "No, I'll take some summer classes there." In this sentence, "prendrai" is the future form of the verb "prendre" meaning "to take".

Prendre is an irregular RE-verbe, so we follow pattern B. We start with the infinitive verb prendre and drop the final i. Then we add the future tense ending é, which is the first person singular je ending in the future symbol. Je + prendre + é. Je prendrai.

This means "I will take". The rest of the sentence is "quelques cours d'été" meaning "some summer classes", "là-bas" meaning "over there" or "there". So "je prendrai quelques cours d'été là-bas" follows the pattern infinitive verb without the final "i" plus future tense ending.

and translate as "I will take some summer classes there". Now you can use these structures to talk about things you will do in the future in French. In French, irregular verbs are those that do not follow the regular conjugation patterns used for "er, ir or re" verbs in the future tense.

While regular verbs simply add future tense ending to the infinitive pattern A or to the infinitive without the final E pattern B. Irregular verbs use completely different themes. For example, instead of keeping the full infinitive form of avoir or être,

Ces verbes utilisent des termes spéciaux dans le temps futur, comme "or" pour avoir et "sœur" pour être. Ensuite, nous ajoutons simplement le fin futur régulier à ces termes. Ces nouveaux termes ne ressemblent souvent pas à l'infini, ce qui les rend irréguliers.

because they are so common like "aller", "faire" or "vouloir". Learners encounter them early and memorizing their terms is essential for speaking and understanding everyday French. Now let's look at some speaking examples. Je parlerai à ma grand-mère. "I will talk to my grandmother." Can you see how the pattern applies here? Let's break it down.

Je est le pronom de sujet, qui signifie "je". Parlerai, qui vient du verbe infinitif parler, qui signifie "pour parler". Parler est un verbe régulier, donc nous suivons le pattern pour les verbes "et" dans le simple futur. Verbe infinitif + fin futur.

The infinitive is parler and the future tense ending for je is "ai". So parler plus ai, parlerai. This gives us je parlerai, meaning I will talk. Then we have à ma grand-mère, meaning to my grandmother. So the sentence je parlerai à ma grand-mère

follows the future simple pattern and translates as "I will talk to my grandmother". Here's another example that follows pattern A. Je n'utiliserai pas mon ordinateur. "I will not use my computer." Let's try one more with pattern B. J'apprendrai le japonais.

"I will learn Japanese." J'apprendrai le japonais. "I will learn Japanese." Another one using pattern A. Je ne visiterai pas Paris cette année, mais je visiterai la France l'année prochaine. "I will not visit Paris this year, but I will visit France next year." Je ne visiterai pas

Paris cette année, mais je visiterai la France l'année prochaine. I will not visit Paris this year but I will visit France next year. One last example, using an irregular verb : aurons, which is the future tense form of the verb avoir, to have. Nous aurons du beau temps. We will have nice weather.

Nous aurons du beau temps. "We will have nice weather."