The future tense describes:
Something that has not yet happened
What WILL happen
Something that is going to happen
In Italian, there is NO word for WILL.
Soooo, to express the future tense (will)
you simply need to conjugate verbs
with the future tense endings.
Next Slide: Future Tense Endings!!
How to conjugate!
Know the endings!
How to conjugate!
Step 1:
Remove the RE ending of the verb
parlare
ARE verbs have a special rule
When conjugating in the
future
(see next slide)dormi
dormire
vendere
Step 2:
Add the future endings:
dormi
dormi
dormi
dormi
dormi
vende
vende
vende
vende
vende
vende
ARE verbs have one extra tiny rule to follow…
Step 1:
Remove the RE ending of the verb
parlare
Step 2:
CHANGE the A (last letter after ending is removed) to E
parla
e
Step 3:
Add the appropriate Future Endings
parle ro`
parle ra’
parle rai
parle rete
parle remo
parle ranno
1. Noi _______________________ (parlare) con la prof.
2. Voi _______________________ (scrivere) una lettera agli studenti italiani.
3. Quest’estate, tu _______________________ (leggere) un libro.
4. Nel futuro, io ____________________________ (abitare) in italia.
5. Loro _________________________ (dormire) alle due sabato mattina.
6. Lui _________________________ (studiare) per l’esame finale.
Yup… there are irregulars!!
BUT
The irregulars in the future tense use
the same endings (ro’, rai, ra’, remo, rete, ranno)
The irregular part is the stem of the verb.
For example:
Andare - becomes – andro`, andrai, andra` (etc.)
Irregulars on the next slide…
These are the stems of the irregulars – the endings are the regular future endings
Andare
andr-
Vivere
vivr-
Vedere
vedr-
Mini irregulars
Potere
Just get ridpotrof the E!
Avere
Dovere
avr-
Dare
dar-
Bere
berr-
These stems have a pattern:
farVenire
Remove the two vowels surrounding verrthe R
Double R!!
in the ending:
Memorize These!!
Andare = Andr-
Fare
Stare
star-
Volere
vorr-
dovr*Essere
sar-
Really irregular…
Just memorize!!
1. Domani, io ______________________ (andare) al grande magazzino.
2. Domani, loro ______________________ (venire) alla festa.
3. Voi ___________________________ (volere) gelato dopo la cena.
4. Tu __________________________ (potere) parlare italiano.
5. Lui __________________________ (vedere) suoi cugini venerdi’ sera.
6. l’anno prossimo, lei __________________________ (vivere) in Italia.
7. La settimana prossimam, noi __________________________ (avere)
tre esami.