Indicatif: Futur Antérieur Flashcards
What English tense does the futur antérieur correspond to?
Future perfect
Use the futur antérieur to make a supposition about an action in the past:
- He will probably have had an accident.
Il sera certainement tombé.
Use the futur antérieur to make a supposition that an action will have been completed by a specified point in the future (here we always need a specific time indicator to make it clear that the sentence is referring to the future):
- By then he will have repaired his bike.
D’ici là il aura réparé son vélo.
(effacer)
Je
effacer: to rub out; to delete (file); to erase; to eliminate, to remove (barriers, borders: figurative)
(glisser)
Tu
glisser: to slip; to be slippery; to glide
(passer)
Il
passer: to cross; to go through; to spend; to take; to pass; to show…
(demander)
Nous
demander: to ask for; to require; to ask; to be looking for (staff)
(pleurer)
Vous
pleurer: to cry; to water (eyes); to mourn
(dépenser)
Ils
dépenser: to spend money; to use (gas, water); to spend (time: figurative); to expend (energy: figurative)
(accueillir)
Je
accueillir: to welcome; to receive; to take in; to accommodate
(avertir)
Tu
avertir: to warn; to inform; to tell
(désobéir)
Il
désobéir: to disobey
(mûrir)
Nous
mûrir: to ripen; to make (someone) mature; to develop (a project)
(salir)
Vous
salir: to get dirty; to dirty; to sully the reputation of;
(trahir)
Ils
trahir: to betray; to give away; to reveal
