Conjugate vouloir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)

The verb vouloir in Le Futur Simple (Indicatif) has an irregular stem : voudr-

Learn how to conjugate VOULOIR (to want to) in Le Futur Simple (Indicatif) in French

je

voudrai

tu

voudras

il / elle / on     

voudra

nous

voudrons  

vous

voudrez

ils/elles

voudront

To conjugate the irregular verb vouloir (to want to) in Le Futur Simple (Indicatif), you use:

voudr- + the following endings: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont

Look at these examples:

Je voudrai sûrement acheter une maison dans quelques années.I will certainly want to buy a house in a few years' time.

Tu voudras du café plus tard.You will want some coffee later.

Elle voudra un nouvel animal familier.She will want a new pet.

Nous voudrons deux enfants.We will want two children.

Qu'est-ce que vous voudrez pour votre anniversaire ?What will you want for your birthday?

Nos invités voudront sans doute prendre un verre pour commencer.Our guests will undoubtedly want to have a drink first.

 

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Je voudrai sûrement acheter une maison dans quelques années.I will certainly want to buy a house in a few years' time.
Tu voudras du café plus tard.You will want some coffee later.
Elle voudra un nouvel animal familier.She will want a new pet.
Nous voudrons deux enfants.We will want two children.
Nos invités voudront sans doute prendre un verre pour commencer.Our guests will undoubtedly want to have a drink first.
Qu'est-ce que vous voudrez pour votre anniversaire ?What will you want for your birthday?
Conjugate vouloir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)
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Ma soeur ne pas m'aider. (My sister won't want to help me.)
Conjugate "vouloir" in Le Futur

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Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

on nous voudrons

Un jour on nous voudrons acheter une maison. Qui est-ce que le function de mot on dans le phrase precedent? 

Asked 1 year ago
CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Raymond,

This lesson was to conjugate 'vouloir' in the future with the correct subject pronoun, here using 'on'.

Un jour, on ____ acheter une maison One day, we will want to buy a house 

On is another way of saying 'nous' but it agrees with the verb as with il or elle third person singular), and I will let you conjugate it.

You may want to look at this lesson to see how 'on' is used.

On can mean either we/one/people (French Subject Pronouns)

Bonne Continuation !

 

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The tricky part in this sentence is to recognize that on is the subject and nous the indirect object.

On nous voudra acheter une maison. -- [lit.] We (on) will want to buy ourselves (nous) a house.

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Chris, you have (inadvertently?) rewritten the sentence to be completed in Raymond’s example from the lesson to read ‘ buy ourselves a house’, but the French is incorrect. 

The question in Raymond’s example was to be answered simply ‘un jour on voudra acheter une maison’. (noting Cécile’s response)

It would need to be ‘ un jour on voudra s’acheter une maison ’ or ‘ nous voudrons nous acheter une maison ’ if ‘ourselves’ is to be included as you have written. In the reworded sentence, it is also not correct to interchange ‘se ‘ and ‘nous’.

The object needs to go before the infinitive in the reworded sentence you have included. 

Position of French Object Pronouns - with infinitives

Raymond F. asked:

on nous voudrons

Un jour on nous voudrons acheter une maison. Qui est-ce que le function de mot on dans le phrase precedent? 

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Sarah T.C1Kwiziq community member

j'ai passé ou je suis passé

Asked 8 years ago
AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French TeacherCorrect answer
Bonjour Sarah !

The verb "passer" belongs to this group of verbs that could use either "avoir" or "être" as auxiliary in Le Passé Composé. It depends on the context and the meaning of "passer".

You can have a look at our related lesson:
Passer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)

I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Sarah T. asked:

j'ai passé ou je suis passé

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