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Forming the future tense

The future tense in French can be formed in two ways.

Method 1- "I am going to do x"

To form the simple future:

1. Take the correct conjugation of aller- je vais, tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont
2. Take the verb which you wish to express in the future and write the infinitive

For example- Je (1) vais (2) aller à la discothèque

Method 2

To form this future tense, take the infinitive and add the endings of avoir in the present tense (ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont). However, drop the -e from -re verbs- for example vendre becomes vendr- + appropriate ending.

The following stems are irregular, and therefore do not follow the above pattern:

aller- ir-

avoir- aur-

courir- courr-

devoir- devr-

envoyer- enverr-

être- ser-

faire- fer-

falloir- faudr-

mourir- mourr-

pleuvoir- pleuvr-

pouvoir- pourr-

recevoir- recevr-

savoir- saur-

tenir- tiendr-

valoir- vaudr-

venir- viendr-

voir- verr-

vouloir- voudr-

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