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French verbs with irregular future stems
As discussed on the previous page, French verbs
form their future tense by adding endings to the future stem, which in most cases
(even for irregular verbs) is the infinitive. However, a few verbs
have irregular future stems, as listed in the table below.
(Clicking on one of the infinitives in this table will open a new tab or
window with a complete verb table for that verb, showing the full conjugation
of the future tense.)
| Verb | Future tense |
| être | je serai, tu seras etc |
| avoir | j'aurai, tu auras etc |
| -evoir: devoir, recevoir, décevoir etc | je devrai etc; je recevrai etc, je décevrai etc |
| venir,
tenir (and compounds) | je viendrai etc; je tiendrai etc |
| voir and compounds | je verrai etc |
| aller | j'irai etc |
| faire (and compounds) | je ferai etc |
| pouvoir | je pourrai etc |
| savoir | je saurai etc |
| vouloir | je voudrai etc |
| falloir, valoir | il faudra; il vaudra etc |
| pleuvoir | il pleuvra |
| mouvoir and compounds | je mouvrai etc |
| mourir | je mourrai |
| (s')asseoir | je m'assiérai etc, or je m'assoirai etc |
| cueillir,
accueillir | j'accueillerai etc |
| quérir and derived verbs: acquérir, conquérir etc | j'acquérrai etc |
Notice that even in the case of these irregular future stems,
the future tense endings are always preceded by an r.
This page written by Neil Coffey. Copyright © Javamex UK 2017. All rights reserved.
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