Are you ready to learn a new way to speak about the future? Have you been using the futur proche all the time? Are you ready to up your game in the way you speak French? You’ll see that the French futur simple tense is very useful, and it’s not hard to form. Take a look at my comprehensive video lesson at the bottom of this page. I will teach you how to use this tense with regular and irregular verbs with lots of examples.
Common verbs that have irregular future stems
| infinitive | stem | future | translation |
| aller | ir- | j’irai | I will go |
| avoir | aur- | j’aurai | I will have |
| courir | courr- | je courrai | I will run |
| devoir | devr- | je devrai | I will have to |
| envoyer | enverr- | j’enverrai | I will send |
| être | ser- | je serai | I will be |
| faire | fer- | je ferai | I will do / I will make |
| falloir | faudr- | il faudra | It will be necessary |
| mourir | mourr- | je mourrai | I will die |
| obtenir | obtiendr- | j’obtiendrai | I will obtain |
| pleuvoir | pleuvr- | il pleuvra | It will rain |
| pouvoir | pourr- | je pourrai | I will be able to |
| recevoir | recevr- | je recevrai | I will receive |
| savoir | saur- | je saurai | I will know |
| tenir | tiendr- | je tiendrai | I will hold |
| venir | viendr- | je viendrai | I will come |
| voir | verr- | je verrai | I will see |
| vouloir | voudr- | je voudrai | I will want |
