How to form and use the future tense.

How do you form the future tense?                              For regular –er and –ir verbs, the radical is the infinitiveFor most –re verbs, you take off the -eJe chanteraiTu chanterasIl/elle/on chanteraNous chanteronsVous chanterezIls/elles chanteront Verbs in –oyer and –uyer : ‘y’ changes to ‘i:Je nettoierai / tu tutoieras etc. Verbs in –ayer either keep the ‘y’ or change to ‘i’:                        Il essaiera etc. Verbs with a penultimate ‘e’Add a grave accent: (amener, mener, se lever, etc.)J’amènerai etc. Some verbs are irregular, and will have to be learned by heart. Here is a selection of the most common irregular verbs.Etre: ser-Avoir: aur-Aller: ir-  Faire: fer-  How do you use the future tense? An order, a request. Tu iras le voir demain et tu t’excuseras de ta conduite!  Or in the negative Tu ne sortiras pas ce soir!   Probability  Ce sera Olivier sans doute.   A perspective or a prediction  Ça ne marchera pas.  Vous verrez! 

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