Le Futur Simple (Indicatif)

French Future Tense

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-25

Le Futur or Futur Simple is the future tense of the indicative mood. It's used to express actions that will happen in the future.

In English, the future is composed of ''will'' plus a main verb, while in French Le Futur is a complete set of verb conjugations.

For example

Il mangera chinois demain.He will eat Chinese tomorrow.

Ils joueront dans la pièce de l'école.They will play in the school play.

See also: French Future and All French tenses

Lessons with more detail on Le Futur Simple (Indicatif)

Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate most French verbs in the conditional present (Le Conditionnel Présent)
Conjugate avoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate être in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate aller in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate vouloir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate pouvoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate devoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate -dre and -re verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate voir/envoyer in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate venir/tenir and derivatives in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate faire in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate courir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Quand/pendant que + future tense (Le Futur Simple) - not the present tense = When/while I do something in the future (Sequence of Tenses in French)
Conjugate cueillir and derivatives in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Quand/lorsque/après que/une fois que + future perfect (Le Futur Antérieur) = When/after I've done something in the future (Sequence of Tenses in French)
Conjugate semi-regular -oyer/-ayer/-uyer verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate -éXer, -eXer, -eter, -eler verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate savoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate recevoir and other -cevoir verbs in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
Conjugate s'asseoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
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