Future Tense Flashcards
Endings for future tense
rò, rai, rà, remo, rete, ranno
“are” verbs
Change the “a” in “are” to “e”, drop the “re” in “are” and add the ending
“ere’ and “ire” verbs
Drop the “re” and add the ending
Parlare (to speak)
Parlerò, parlerai, parlerà, parleremo, parlerete, parleranno
Mettere (to put)
Metterò, metterai, metterà, metteremo, metterete, metteranno
Dormire (to sleep)
Domirò, dormirai, dormirà, dormiremo, dormirete, dormiranno
Dare (to give)
Darò, darai, darà, daremo, darete, daranno
Fare (to do, to make)
Farò, farai, farà, faremo; farete, faranno
Stare (to stay, to stand)
Starò, starai, starà, staremo, starete, staranno
Andare (to go)
Andrò, andrai, andrà, andremo, andrete, andranno
Avere (to have)
“Av” plus the endings
Cadere (to fall)
“Cad” plus the endings
Dovere (to have to, must, ought, should, owe)
“Dov” plus the endings
Potere (to be able to, can, may)
“Pot” plus the endings
Sapere (to know, to learn, to know how to)
“Sap” plus the endings
Vedere (to see)
“Ved” plus the endings
Vivere (to live)
“Viv” plus the endings
Bere (to drink)
“Ber” plus the endings (Berrò)
Essere (to be)
“Sa” plus the endings (Sarò)
Rimanere (to remain, to stay)
“Rimar” plus the endings (Rimarrò)
Venire (to come)
“Ver” plus the endings (Verrò)
Volere (to want)
“Vor” plus the endings (Vorrò)
Some “are” verbs require special spelling changes, adding an “h”.
Add an “h” to the future stem of verbs whose infinitives end in “care” and “gare” to maintain the hard “c” or “g” sound. “Giocare” or “pagare”. “Giocheremo” or “pagherò”.
Some are verbs require special spelling changes, dropping the “i”:
Drop the “i” from the future stem of verbs whose infinitives end in “ciare” or”giare. “Mangiare” is conjugated as “mangerò”; “cominciare” is conjugated as “comincerò”.
Key words
Appena (as soon as)
Quando ( when)
Se (if)
Domani, dopodomani, fra, tra, fra, tra poco, in futuro, la settimana prossimo/a, presto, questo weekend
