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t/f: to form the futur proche, add the future endings to the future stem. the future verb stems are identical to the conditional verb stems.

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t/f: the irregular future stem forms are identical to the irregular conditional stem forms

luc fera le trajet en train

luc will make the trip/commute by train

elles n’iront pas en france l’été prochain

they will not go to france next summer

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t/f: -er verbs with spelling changes in the conditional form have the same spelling changes in the futur simple

nous achèterons une maison l’année prochaine

we will buy a house next year

je ferai mes devoirs ce soir

i will do my homework tonight

je vais faire mes devoirs ce soir

i am going to do my homework tonight

il étudiera le chinois un jour

he will study chinese one day

il va étudier le chinois en mai

he is going to study chinese in may

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t/f: you can also use “si” clauses to express events and conditional that are possible or likely to happen. in these cases, the “si” clause that expresses the condition is in the present tense and the main clause that expresses the possible outcome is in the futur proche or the futur simple

si tu ne conduis pas, je prendrai un taxi

if you’re not driving, i’ll take a taxi

si je vais à paris, j’irai au louvre

if i go to paris, i will go to the louvre

quand

when (shorter version)

lorsque

when (longer version)

dès que

as soon as (shorter version)

aussitôt que

as soon as (longer version)

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t/f: if a clause begins with quand, lorsque, dès que, or aussitôt que, and a future event is implied, use the future tense

quand il quittera paris, il sera triste

when he leaves paris, he’ll be sad (quand)

dès que j’aurai un chien, je l’appellerai fido

as soon as i get a dog, i’ll call it fido (dès que)

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t/f: if future time is not implied in clauses with quand or dès que, the verb may be in another tense

l’avenir (m.)

le futur refers to the grammatical future only. if you are referring to future events that have not occurred, you must use WHAT

claude s’inquiète de son avenir

claude is worried about his future

on a étudié le futur en class aujourd’hui

we studied the future tense in class today (on)