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The Future tense – Le futur

The Future tense – Le futur. Talking about events in the future. Le Futur - introduction. In French, as in English, there are three ways to discuss the future Using the present tense with an adverb of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’

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The Future tense – Le futur

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  1. The Future tense – Le futur Talking about events in the future

  2. Le Futur - introduction • In French, as in English, there are three ways to discuss the future • Using the present tense with an adverb of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’ • Saying what we are going to do in the immediate future, for definite plans. e.g. ‘We are going to meet.’ • Saying what we will do in the future, even if our plans are not definite. e.g. ‘We will meet’

  3. 1. Present + adverb of time • This is a form of the future used more in French than in English. • You must have • a present tense verb • an adverb of time • We are playing football tomorrow • Nous jouons au football demain • He is going on holiday next Tuesday • Il part en vacances mardi prochain.

  4. Je joue au tennis demain. Il parle à sa mère lundi prochain Elle est occupée la semaine prochaine I am staying at home tomorrow He is eating at yours next Saturday I am playing tennis tomorrow He is speaking to his mother on Monday She is busy next week Je reste chez moi demain Il mange chez toi samedi prochain PracticeCan you translate the sentences on the left?

  5. 2. The immediate future • We use the immediate future to talk about future plans that are definitely going to happen • We can call this the ‘going to’ future • To form the going to future you need: • A subject e.g. je • A part of the verb aller e.g. vais • An infinitive e.g. manger • We can find infinitives in the … …DICTIONARY

  6. Je Tu Il Elle Nous Vous Ils Elles vais vas va va allons allez vont vont The immediate future – 2To use this tense you must know the verb aller – to go off by heart!!

  7. Je vais parler Tu vas boire Il va rester Nous allons dormir Vous allez rire Ils vont aller Elles vont jouer au basket I am going to speak You are going to drink He is going to stay We are going to sleep You are going to laugh They are going to go They are going to play basketball The immediate future – practiceCan you translate the sentences into English?

  8. I am going to swim You are going to win He is going to leave She is going to go out We are going to lose (perdre) They (men) are going to ask Je vais nager Tu vas gagner Il va partir Elle va sortir Nous allons perdre Ils vont demander Practise -2Can you translate into French?

  9. Le futur – The Future tense • The third way to talk about the future expresses what we will do in the future. It is less definite. • The tense is easy to form. It uses infinitives of verbs and adds some special endings • There are, however, some important exceptions!!

  10. Le futur – formation • For –er and –ir infinitives you need only add the correct ending. • For –re verbs you must take off the –e and add the same endings onto the -r

  11. Je parler Tu parler Il/Elle/On parler Nous parler Vous parler Ils/Elles parler These sentences translate as … will speak ai as a ons ez ont -er, -ir and –re verbs

  12. Exceptions to the rule! • Although the endings stay the same, you need to learn different stems for some useful verbs. • There is no rule, they need simply to be learned!

  13. aller to go avoir to have être to be faire to do savoir to know devoir to have to pouvoir to be able to ir- e.g. J’irai aur- e.g. J’aurai ser- e.g. Je serai fer- e.g. Je ferai saur- e.g. Je saurai devr- e.g. Je devrai pourr- e.g. Je pourrai Exceptions

  14. Je sortirai Tu choisiras Il mangera Elle jouera Nous prendrons Vous attendrez Ils sauront Elles feront I will go out You will choose He will eat She will play We will take You will wait They will know They will do Practice – Translate the following sentences

  15. I will win (gagner) You will dance He will finish She will leave We will drink You will say They (men) will be They (women) will have Je gagnerai Tu danseras Il finira Elle partira Nous boirons Vous direz Ils seront Elles auront Practice – 2 Translate the following sentences

  16. Je joue au cricket demain Il va aller en France Nous ferons nos devoirs Vous mangerez des frites? Ils vont rester chez moi I am playing cricket tomorrow He is going to go to France We will do our homework Will you eat the chips? They are going to stay at my house The Future – PracticeNow try and translate the following sentences.

  17. I am going to drink Are you (a friend) swimming tomorrow? She will play We will like They (men) are going to go to town Je vais boire Tu nages demain? Elle jouera Nous aimerons Ils vont aller en ville CONGRATULATIONS – YOU CAN NOW TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE IN FRENCH!! Practice - continued

  18. Le futur! • je jouer manger as • tu ont regarder boire • lire ai rester nous • fer ir ser aur • vous il a ons • ils parler écouter elles • ez elle danser nager • finir choisir travailler porter

  19. Just a small point! • The conditional which translates as ‘would’ can be formed very simply when you know the future tense! • Instead of adding the future endings, just add the imperfect endings • Je jouerais = I would play • Il ferait = He would do • Easy isn’t it!

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