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Conjugate verbs (+ être) in the future perfect in French (Le Futur Antérieur)

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard , HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2022-05-19
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Just as in Le Passé Composé, the verbs taking être as their auxiliary in Le Futur Antérieur are:

Reflexive verbs:

Je me serai lavé d'ici là.I'll have washed by then.

Est-ce que tu te seras levée d'ici 11 heures ?Will you have got up by 11?

Elle se sera bien amusée ce jour-là !She'll have had a good time that day!

Nous nous serons trompés de date.We'll have got the date wrong.

Vous vous serez trompés d'heure.You'll have got the time wrong.

Elles se seront réveillées trop tard et auront manqué leur train.They'll have woken up too late and missed their train.

The rule is as follows:

[reflexive pronoun] + être in Le Futur Simple + [past participle]
Remember that the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject.

 
The following list:

aller to go
arriver to arrive
demeurer to remain
descendre to go down / to get off
devenir to become
entrer to come in
monter to go up / to get on
mourir to die
naître to be born
partir to leave
passer to pass
rentrer to come back in / to come home
rester to stay
retourner to go back
revenir to come back
sortir to go out
tomber to fall
venir to come

To see how to form Le Futur Antérieur of these verbs, look at the example of aller:

Je serai allé au Canada une fois.I will have gone to Canada once.

Tu seras allé dans tellement d'endroits!You will have gone so many places!

Marie sera allée les voir.Marie will have gone to see them.

Nous serons allés à Paris avant de te voir.We will have gone to Paris before seeing you.

Serez-vous allées au supermarché?Will you have gone to the supermarket?

Ils seront allés au parc.They will have gone to the park.

Elles seront allées visiter le Louvre.They will have gone to visit the Louvre.

The rule is as follows:

Être in Le Futur Simple + [past participle]
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).

 

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Est-ce que tu te seras levée d'ici 11 heures ?Will you have got up by 11?
Je serai allé au Canada une fois.I will have gone to Canada once.
Je me serai lavé d'ici là.I'll have washed by then.
Tu seras allé dans tellement d'endroits!You will have gone so many places!
Elles se seront réveillées trop tard et auront manqué leur train.They'll have woken up too late and missed their train.
Elles seront allées visiter le Louvre.They will have gone to visit the Louvre.
Vous vous serez trompés d'heure.You'll have got the time wrong.
Ils seront allés au parc.They will have gone to the park.
Nous nous serons trompés de date.We'll have got the date wrong.
Serez-vous allées au supermarché?Will you have gone to the supermarket?
Marie sera allée les voir.Marie will have gone to see them.
Elle se sera bien amusée ce jour-là !She'll have had a good time that day!
Nous serons allés à Paris avant de te voir.We will have gone to Paris before seeing you.
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