Future Tense – Irregular verbs

Introduction to French Verbs and Tenses Future Tense – Irregular verbs

In this lesson we learn the future tense of irregular French verbs.

What are the irregular verbs in the future tense?

A handful of verbs have irregular stems for the future tense.

For example, the future tense endings for avoir are added to the stem aur-. For être the stem to use is ser-.

The same endings are added as per the regular verbs, it’s just the stem that needs to be noted.

Therefore, avoir is formed as follows:

French	English
j’aurai	I will have
tu auras	you will have
il aura	he will have
elle aura	she will have
nous aurons	we will have
vous aurez	you will have
ils auront	they will have
elles auront	they will have

Être, meanwhile, looks like this:

French	English
je serai	I will be
tu seras	you will be
il sera	he will be
elle sera	she will be
nous serons	we will be
vous serez	you will be
ils seront	they will be
elles seront	they will be

What are the irregular future tense stems in French?

The main irregular stems to note are:

French Verb	Future Stem	English
acquérir	acquerr-	to acquire
aller	ir-	to go
avoir	aur-	to have
courir	courr-	to run
devoir	devr-	to have to
envoyer	enverr-	to send
être	ser-	to be
faire	fer-	to do
falloir	faudr-	to need to
pleuvoir	pleuvr-	to rain
pouvoir	pourr-	to be able to
savoir	saur-	to know
tenir	tiendr-	to hold
valoir	vaudr-	to be worth
venir	viendr-	to come
voir	verr-	to see
vouloir	voudr-	to want

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French Future Tense – Irregular Verbs