the future tense – le futur talking about events in the future
TRANSCRIPT
The Future tense – Le The Future tense – Le futurfutur
Talking about events in the Talking about events in the futurefuture
Le Futur - introductionLe Futur - introduction
In French, as in English, there are three In French, as in English, there are three ways to discuss the futureways to discuss the future
1.1. Using the present tense with an adverb Using the present tense with an adverb of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’
2.2. Saying what we are Saying what we are going to dogoing to do in the in the immediate future, for definite plans. immediate future, for definite plans. e.g. ‘We are going to meet.’ e.g. ‘We are going to meet.’
3.3. Saying what we Saying what we will dowill do in the future, in the future, even if our plans are not definite.even if our plans are not definite.e.g. ‘We will meet’e.g. ‘We will meet’
1. Present + adverb of time1. Present + adverb of time
This is a form of the future used more in This is a form of the future used more in French than in English.French than in English.
You must haveYou must have1.1. a present tense verba present tense verb2.2. an adverb of timean adverb of time We are playing football tomorrowWe are playing football tomorrow Nous jouons au football demainNous jouons au football demain He is going on holiday next TuesdayHe is going on holiday next Tuesday Il part en vacances mardi prochain.Il part en vacances mardi prochain.
PracticePracticeCan you translate the sentences Can you translate the sentences
on the left?on the left? Je joue au tennis Je joue au tennis
demain.demain. Il parle Il parle à sa mère à sa mère
lundi prochainlundi prochain Elle est occupElle est occupée la ée la
semaine prochainesemaine prochaine I am staying at I am staying at
home tomorrowhome tomorrow He is eating at He is eating at
yours next yours next SaturdaySaturday
I am playing tennis I am playing tennis tomorrowtomorrow
He is speaking to his He is speaking to his mother on Mondaymother on Monday
She is busy next She is busy next weekweek
Je reste chez moi Je reste chez moi demaindemain
Il mange chez toi Il mange chez toi samedi prochainsamedi prochain
2. The immediate future2. The immediate future
We use the immediate future to talk We use the immediate future to talk about future plans that are definitely about future plans that are definitely going to happengoing to happen
We can call this the ‘going to’ futureWe can call this the ‘going to’ future To form the going to future you need:To form the going to future you need:1.1. A subjectA subject e.g. jee.g. je2.2. A part of the verb allerA part of the verb aller e.g. vaise.g. vais3.3. An infinitiveAn infinitive e.g. e.g.
mangermanger We can find infinitives in the …We can find infinitives in the …
……DICTIONARYDICTIONARY
The immediate future – 2The immediate future – 2To use this tense you must know the To use this tense you must know the
verb aller – to go off by heart!!verb aller – to go off by heart!! Je Je TuTu IlIl ElleElle NousNous VousVous IlsIls Elles Elles
vaisvais
vasvas
vava
vava
allonsallons
allezallez
vontvont
vontvont
The immediate future – practiceThe immediate future – practiceCan you translate the sentences Can you translate the sentences
into English?into English? Je vais parlerJe vais parler Tu vas boireTu vas boire Il va resterIl va rester Nous allons dormirNous allons dormir Vous allez rireVous allez rire
Ils vont allerIls vont aller Elles vont jouer au Elles vont jouer au
basketbasket
I am going to speakI am going to speak You are going to You are going to
drinkdrink He is going to stayHe is going to stay We are going to We are going to
sleepsleep You are going to You are going to
laughlaugh They are going to goThey are going to go They are going to They are going to
play basketballplay basketball
Practise -2Practise -2Can you translate into French?Can you translate into French?
I am going to swimI am going to swim You are going to You are going to
winwin He is going to leaveHe is going to leave She is going to go She is going to go
outout We are going to We are going to
lose (perdre)lose (perdre) They (men) are They (men) are
going to askgoing to ask
Je vais nagerJe vais nager Tu vas gagnerTu vas gagner Il va partirIl va partir Elle va sortirElle va sortir Nous allons perdreNous allons perdre
Ils vont demanderIls vont demander
Le futur – The Future tenseLe futur – The Future tense
The third way to talk about the future The third way to talk about the future expresses what we will do in the expresses what we will do in the future. It is less definite.future. It is less definite.
The tense is easy to form. It uses The tense is easy to form. It uses infinitives of verbs and adds some infinitives of verbs and adds some special endingsspecial endings
There are, however, some important There are, however, some important exceptions!!exceptions!!
Le futur – formationLe futur – formation
For –er and –ir infinitives you need For –er and –ir infinitives you need only add the correct ending.only add the correct ending.
For –re verbs you must take off the –For –re verbs you must take off the –e and add the same endings onto the e and add the same endings onto the -r-r
-er, -ir and –re verbs-er, -ir and –re verbs
JeJe parlerparler TuTu parlerparler Il/Elle/OnIl/Elle/On parlerparler NousNous parlerparler VousVous parlerparler Ils/EllesIls/Elles parlerparler
These sentences These sentences translate as … will translate as … will speakspeak
aiaiasasaaonsonsezezontont
Exceptions to the rule!Exceptions to the rule!
Although the endings stay the same, Although the endings stay the same, you need to learn different stems for you need to learn different stems for some useful verbs.some useful verbs.
There is no rule, they need simply to There is no rule, they need simply to be learned! be learned!
ExceptionsExceptions
alleraller to goto go avoiravoirto haveto have êtreêtre to beto be fairefaire to doto do savoirsavoir to knowto know devoirdevoir to have to have
toto pouvoirpouvoir to be to be
able toable to
ir-ir- e.g. J’iraie.g. J’irai aur-aur- e.g. J’auraie.g. J’aurai ser-ser- e.g. Je seraie.g. Je serai fer-fer- e.g. Je feraie.g. Je ferai saur-saur-e.g. Je sauraie.g. Je saurai devr-devr- e.g. Je e.g. Je
devraidevrai pourr-pourr- e.g. Je e.g. Je
pourraipourrai
Practice – Translate the following Practice – Translate the following sentencessentences
Je sortiraiJe sortirai Tu choisirasTu choisiras Il mangeraIl mangera Elle joueraElle jouera Nous prendronsNous prendrons Vous attendrezVous attendrez Ils saurontIls sauront Elles ferontElles feront
I will go outI will go out You will chooseYou will choose He will eatHe will eat She will playShe will play We will takeWe will take You will waitYou will wait They will knowThey will know They will doThey will do
Practice – 2 Translate the Practice – 2 Translate the following sentencesfollowing sentences
I will win (gagner)I will win (gagner) You will danceYou will dance He will finishHe will finish She will leaveShe will leave We will drinkWe will drink You will sayYou will say They (men) will beThey (men) will be They (women) will They (women) will
have have
Je gagneraiJe gagnerai Tu danserasTu danseras Il finiraIl finira Elle partiraElle partira Nous boironsNous boirons Vous direzVous direz Ils serontIls seront Elles aurontElles auront
The Future – PracticeThe Future – PracticeNow try and translate the Now try and translate the
following sentences.following sentences. Je joue au cricket Je joue au cricket
demaindemain Il va aller en FranceIl va aller en France
Nous ferons nos Nous ferons nos devoirsdevoirs
Vous mangerez des Vous mangerez des frites?frites?
Ils vont rester chez Ils vont rester chez moimoi
I am playing cricket I am playing cricket tomorrowtomorrow
He is going to go to He is going to go to FranceFrance
We will do our We will do our homeworkhomework
Will you eat the Will you eat the chips?chips?
They are going to They are going to stay at my housestay at my house
Practice - continuedPractice - continued
I am going to drinkI am going to drink Are you (a friend) Are you (a friend)
swimming swimming tomorrow?tomorrow?
She will playShe will play We will likeWe will like They (men) are They (men) are
going to go to towngoing to go to town
Je vais boireJe vais boire Tu nages demain?Tu nages demain?
Elle joueraElle jouera Nous aimeronsNous aimerons Ils vont aller en villeIls vont aller en ville
CONGRATULATIONS – CONGRATULATIONS – YOU CAN NOW TALK YOU CAN NOW TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE ABOUT THE FUTURE IN FRENCH!!IN FRENCH!!
Le futur!Le futur!
jeje jouerjouer mangermanger asastutu ontont regarderregarder boireboire lirelire aiai resterrester nousnous
ferfer irir serser auraurvousvous ilil aa onsons ilsils parlerparler écouterécouter ellesellesezez elleelle danserdanser nagernagerfinirfinir choisirchoisir travaillertravailler porterporter
Just a small point!Just a small point!
The conditional which translates as The conditional which translates as ‘would’ can be formed very simply ‘would’ can be formed very simply when you know the future tense!when you know the future tense!
Instead of adding the future endings, Instead of adding the future endings, just add the imperfect endingsjust add the imperfect endings
Je jouerais = I would playJe jouerais = I would play Il ferait = He would doIl ferait = He would doEasy isn’t it!Easy isn’t it!