How does this work when using future anterieur

Fzum D.C1Kwiziq community member

How does this work when using future anterieur

I understand the lesson as it is taught above. 

In the lesson for future antérieur (Conjugate vouloir/pouvoir/devoir in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)) there are sentences like "Nous aurons voulu le revoir". Why not Nous le aurons voulu revoir?

Is there another rule applicable when using future antérieur?

Asked 11 months ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Fzum,

This word order is not determined by the tense/mood, and there isn’t a special rule for this construction with future anterior.

When there is a construction (in any tense/mood) with ‘conjugated verb - infinitive’, the object goes directly before the infinitive. 

The object is not placed before the conjugated verb in such sentences and therefore ‘Nous le aurons voulu revoir’ is not grammatically correct. 

See attached lesson :

 Position of French Object Pronouns - with infinitives

How does this work when using future anterieur

I understand the lesson as it is taught above. 

In the lesson for future antérieur (Conjugate vouloir/pouvoir/devoir in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)) there are sentences like "Nous aurons voulu le revoir". Why not Nous le aurons voulu revoir?

Is there another rule applicable when using future antérieur?

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