They will read

I will study

She will walk the dog

You guys will win the game!

The future tense describes:

What WILL happen Something that is going to happen

Something that has not yet happened

In Italian, there is NO word for WILL.

Soooo, to express the future tense (will) you simply need to conjugate verbs

with the future tense endings.

Next Slide: Future Tense Endings!!

How to conjugate!

Know the endings!*ALL endings

are the same.. F

or

ARE, ERE, o

r IRE verbs!*

Do NOT forgetThe accents!

How to conjugate!Step 1:

Remove the -E ending of the verb

dormire vendereparlare

ARE verbs have a special rule

When conjugating in the future

(see next slide)

Step 2: Add the future endings:

dormir

dormir

dormir

dormir

dormir

dormir

vender

vender

vender

vender

vender

vender

Step 1: Remove the RE ending of the verb

ARE verbs have one extra tiny rule to follow…

parlareStep 2:

CHANGE the A (last letter after ending is

removed) to Eparlae

Step 3:Add the appropriate Future

Endingsparler

parlerparler

parler

parler

parler

o` ete a’

emo ai anno

1. Noi _______________________ (parlare) con la prof.

2. Voi _______________________ (scrivere) una lettera agli studenti italiani.

3. Quest’estate, tu _______________________ (leggere) un libro.

4. Nel futuro, io ____________________________ (abitare) in italia.

5. Loro _________________________ (dormire) alle due sabato mattina.

6. Lui _________________________ (studiare) per l’esame finale.

Yup… there are irregulars!!

BUT

For example:Andare - becomes – andrò, andrai, andrà (ecc.)

The irregulars in the future tense use the same endings (ò, ai, à, emo, ete, anno)

The irregular part is the stem of the verb.

Irregulars on the next slide…

Andare

Vivere

Vedere

Potere

Avere

Dovere

Dare

Fare

Stare

*Essere

Bere

Venire

Volere

These are the stems of the irregulars – the endings are the regular future endings

andr-

vivr-

vedr-

potr-

avr-

dovr-

dar-

far-

star-

sar-

berr-

vorr-

verr-These stems have a pattern:

Remove the two vowels surrou`nding the R in the ending:Andare = Andr-

Mini irregulars Just get rid of the E!

Really irregular…Just memorize!!

Double R!!Memorize These!!

irregular stems in the future

• Tenere (to hold) terr-

terrò, terrai, terrà, terremo,terrete, terranno

Sapere (to know a fact or how to do something) sapr-

saprò, saprai, saprà, sapremo, saprete, sapranno

1. Domani, io ______________________ (andare) al grande magazzino.

2. Il mese prossimo, loro ______________________ (venire) alla festa.

3. Voi ___________________________ (volere) gelato dopo la cena.

4. Tu __________________________ (potere) parlare italiano.

5. Lui __________________________ (vedere) I suoi cugini venerdì sera.

6. L’anno prossimo, lei __________________________ (vivere) in Italia.

7. La settimana prossima, noi __________________________ (avere) tre esami.