Future Tenses: Simple and Anterior

The futur simple expresses anaction that will take place. The futur antérieur expresses anaction that will have taken place before another future action.The future tense is used just like it is in English, however, in French,the future is always used after quand or lorsque (when), dèsque or aussitôt que (as soon as) and tant que (as longas.)

To form the future tense, usethe infinitive and add these endings that resemble those of avoir.However, you drop the -e from -re verbs.

And of course, there has to beexceptions. Here are the irregular stems for the future tense (thesewill also be used in the conditional tense):

Other exceptions: Forappeler and jeter, double the consonant. For nettoyer and payer, changethe y to i. For acheter, add an accent grave. For préférer, the accentsall remain the same.

To form the futurantérieur, use the future of either avoir or être (whichever the mainverb takes) and the past participle of the main verb.

Quand ils reviendront,ils auront changé. When they come back, they will have changed. Dèsqu'ils seront revenus, ils voudront repartir. As soon as they havereturned, they will want to leave again.