The Futur antérieur is formed on the same model as the Passé Composé, except avoir is here conjugated in the Futur.
Nous aurons rempli ces documents avant la fermeture.
We'll have filled in these documents before closing time.
J'aurai aimé la vie.
I will have loved life.
Nous aurons atteint notre but.
We will have achieved our goal.
Auras-tu attendu pour rien?
Will you have waited for nothing?
Il aura attendu pendant des heures.
He will have waited for hours.
Tu n'auras jamais choisi entre nous.
You will have never chosen between us.
Vous aurez bientôt complété votre collection.
You will soon have completed your collection.
Vous aurez entendu tellement de versions différentes!
You will have heard so many different versions!
Il aura fini son projet à temps.
He will have finished his project on time.
Tu auras gagné après tout.
You will have won after all.
Vous aurez bien grossi pendant vos vacances!
You will have gained quite a bit of weight during your holidays!
Ils auront perdu finalement.
They will have lost in the end.
Nous aurons beaucoup progressé cet été-là.
We will have made a lot of progress that summer.
Elles auront ralenti trop tard.
They will have slowed down too late.
Elle aura regretté ça toute sa vie.
She will have regretted that all her life.
J'aurai répondu trop tard.
I will have answered too late.
J'aurai vieilli après tout.
I will have grown old after all.
Ils auront volé jusqu'au bout.
They will have flown until the end.
Bonjour Chris
Elles ________ pendant tout le film !" They will have chatted during the whole film!HINT: Conjugate "bavarder" in Le Futur Antérieur
The correct answer was Elles auront bavarde pendant tout le film.
Why does bavarder here not agree in gender and number? Or am I missing something?
Please help, I have struggled with lesson for awhile now.
When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the participle doesn't generally match the subject, only when the auxiliary verb is être.
Bonjour Chris
Elles ________ pendant tout le film !" They will have chatted during the whole film!HINT: Conjugate "bavarder" in Le Futur Antérieur
The correct answer was Elles auront bavarde pendant tout le film.
Why does bavarder here not agree in gender and number? Or am I missing something?
Please help, I have struggled with lesson for awhile now.
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Puis-je utiliser le mot "néanmoins" au lieu de "malgré tout" dans cette phrase? La phrase est <Nous aurons apprécié ce repas malgré tout>. Est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose en particular avec malgré tout que j'aie peut-être raté? Je pense que vous voulez dire "despite everything".
Hi Donald,
Yes, you can say either....They both mean ‘nevertheless’...
Puis-je utiliser le mot "néanmoins" au lieu de "malgré tout" dans cette phrase? La phrase est <Nous aurons apprécié ce repas malgré tout>. Est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose en particular avec malgré tout que j'aie peut-être raté? Je pense que vous voulez dire "despite everything".
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I've always been confused by this: "j'aurai du" translates as "I should have" and not as "I will have had to...." but these are not quite the same, I think. "I will have had to catch the 22 bus" suggests that I did catch that particular bus, to achieve whatever, whereas "I should have" suggests that I didn't catch that bus, and perhaps failed in my intention. Similarly for "j'aurai pu" - "I could have" not "I will have been able".
Any advice/explanation appreciated!
Hi Steven ,
I think you are confusing the futur antérieur (future perfect) and the conditionnel antérieur (past conditional).
J'aurais dû = I should have
j'aurais pu = I could have
Note: aurais has an 's' here.
The futur antérieur relates to an action which is prior to another in the futur simple:
Dans deux ans ils auront fini les travaux, ( In 2 years time they will have finished the works)
Quand nous aurons fini les travaux dans la maison, nous irons en vacances. (When the work in the house is finished, we'll go on holiday)
Dés que nous aurons arrêté de fumer, nous repeindrons la maison.( Once we have stopped smoking we'll repaint the house)
Note that after words like when, as soon as, once denoting time we use the future in French as opposed to the present in English.
Hope this helps!
Just to add a bit extra to Cécile's great answer, the first person forms of these two tenses sound identical, so you can only tell which is meant from the context. The conditional past introduces modal verbs (would/should) and so does devoir and that can get very complicated and confusing quickly.
Let's make it easier with a simpler verb (say 'manger') first:
Quand j'aurai mangé je t'appellerais. (Future perfect: When I will have eaten I'll call you. Or in more idiomatic English, Once I have eaten I'll call you.)
Si j'avais eu faim j'aurais mangé. (Conditional past: If I'd been hungry I would have eaten.)
In most cases, there's another tense and clause involved that gives clear context and often the literal translation isn't even in the same tense as the same idiomatic expression in English.
DEVOIR:
It's incredibly hard to contrive an example with devoir for the future anterieur (in either language) - it's unlikely you'll come across it at all.
J'aurai dû faire ça avant ton retour. (Future perfect: I will have had to do that by the time you get home.)
J'aurais dû t'appeler mais j'ai oublié. (Conditional past: I should have called you but I forgot.)
Hope that helps to clear away some of the confusion!
P.S. You can look up how to conjugate avoir to see (and listen to) all six forms of the [kwiziq_link type="lexical_feature" id=57] and [kwiziq_link type="lexical_feature" id=48].
I've always been confused by this: "j'aurai du" translates as "I should have" and not as "I will have had to...." but these are not quite the same, I think. "I will have had to catch the 22 bus" suggests that I did catch that particular bus, to achieve whatever, whereas "I should have" suggests that I didn't catch that bus, and perhaps failed in my intention. Similarly for "j'aurai pu" - "I could have" not "I will have been able".
Any advice/explanation appreciated!
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