Learn how to conjugate verbs with être in Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif) in French
1- Reflexive verbs
Look at these regular reflexive verbs conjugated in Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif).
The rule is as follows:
[reflexive pronoun] + être in Le Futur Simple (Indicatif) + [past participle]
Remember that the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.
2- Other verbs with être in Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif)
Just as in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), the verbs taking être as their auxiliary in Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif) are:
aller | allé | to go |
arriver | arrivé | to arrive |
demeurer | demeuré | to remain |
descendre | descendu | to go down / to get off |
devenir | devenu | to become |
entrer | entré | to come in |
monter | monté | to go up / to get on |
mourir | mort | to die |
naître | né | to be born |
partir | parti | to leave |
passer | passé | to pass |
rentrer | rentré | to come back in / to come home |
rester | resté | to stay |
retourner | retourné | to go back |
revenir | revenu | to come back |
sortir | sorti | to go out |
tomber | tombé | to fall |
venir | venu | to come |
To see how to form Le Futur Antérieur (Indicatif) of these verbs, look at the following examples:
Je serai allé au Canada au moins une fois dans ma vie.I will have gone to Canada at least once in my life.
The rule is as follows:
Remember that the past participle (here allé) agrees in gender and number with the subject.
So use allée (fem. sing.), or allés/allées (plural masc/fem).
So use allée (fem. sing.), or allés/allées (plural masc/fem).
See also:
Conjugate vouloir/pouvoir/devoir in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)
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