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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Lesson 129: Simple Future / Futuro Semplice

The future tense in Italian is a simple tense that is used to convey an action that will take place in the future. It is conjugated by placing the following endings to the infinitive:
  • -ai
  • -emo
  • -ete
  • -anno
  1. With -are verbs the -ar becomes -er, as in the verb, parlare:

    parlare --> parlar- --> parler- + appropriate ending

    (io) parlerò
    (tu) parlerai
    (lui/lei) parlerà
    (noi) parleremo
    (voi) parlerete
    (loro) parleranno

  2. -Ere and -ire verbs drop the final -e of the infinitive, and then add the appropriate endings, as seen with these two verbs, prendere and preferire:

    (io) prenderò
    (tu) prenderai
    (lui/lei) prenderà
    (noi) prenderemo
    (voi) prenderete
    (loro) prenderanno

    (io) preferirò
    (tu) preferirai
    (lui/lei) preferirà
    (noi) preferiremo
    (voi) preferirete
    (loro) preferiranno

  3. Often times, the present tense is used instead of the future to convey a future event that will most definitely occur:

    Vado a Roma a novembre.
    I'm going to Rome in November.

    Compra una nuova television domani mattina.
    She is buying a new television tomorrow morning.


  4. The future tense in Italian is often used to convey a sense of probability or to speculate what may or may not be true. This is called the future of probability. In English, triggers for this would be the words probably, can, or must. In Italian, the future alone is used to convey this without any adverb or modal.

    Arriverà domani sera.
    She will probably arrive tomorrow night.

    Veranno venerdì.
    They can come Friday.


  5. Italian uses a double future with quando, se, or appena.

    When the dependent clause starts with quando, se or appena, it is typically used in the future to convey a future event. The independent clause must also in the future (whereas in English, you would have one clause in the future, the independent clause in the present tense).

    Quando andrò a casa, preparerò la cena.
    When I go home, I will prepare dinner.

    Se
    verrà al cinema, mangeremo prima.
    If she comes to the movie, we will eat before.

    Mangeremo appena tuo padre verrà a casa.
    We will eat as soon as your father comes home.

    **NOTICE how the dependent clause (in blue) has a present tense translation in English!!

  6. The following verbs have irregular or unusual conjugations in the future:

    andare: andrò, andrai, andrà, andremo, andrete, andranno
    avere: avrò, avrai, avrà, avremo, avrete, anvranno
    dovere: dovrò, dovrai, dovrà, dovremo, dovrete, dovranno
    essere: sarò, sarai, sarà, saremo, sarete, saranno
    dare: darò, darai, darà, daremo, darete, daranno
    fare: farò, farai, farà, faremo, farete, faranno
    potere: potrò, potrai, potrà, potremo, potrete, potranno
    stare: starò, starai, starà, staremo, starete, staranno
    vedere: vedrò, vedrai, vedrà, vedremo, vedrete, vedranno
    venire: verrò, verrai, verrà, verremo, verrete, verranno
    volere: vorrò, vorrai, vorrà, vorremo, vorrete, vorranno
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