Unit 85 Guidebook: talk about the future
KEY PHRASES
Talk about the future
Je ne pourrai pas sortir avec mes copains tous les soirs.
I won't be able to go out with my friends every night.
I won't be able to go out with my friends every night.
Non, il faudra aller à la bibliothèque tous les jours.
No, you'll have to go to the library every day.
No, you'll have to go to the library every day.
Paul devra bien s'entendre avec ses nouveaux copains de classe.
Paul will have to get along well with his new classmates.
Paul will have to get along well with his new classmates.
S'ils ratent le bac, ils devront le passer encore l'année prochaine.
If they fail the bac, they'll have to take it again next year.
If they fail the bac, they'll have to take it again next year.
Si tu étudies beaucoup, tu auras facilement le bac.
If you study a lot, you'll easily pass the bac.
If you study a lot, you'll easily pass the bac.
Elles voudront prendre des vacances après les examens.
They'll want to take a vacation after the exams.
They'll want to take a vacation after the exams.
TIP
Je pourrai parler en français !
Let's look at a few more verbs that change form before adding the future endings: devoir, pouvoir, savoir, and vouloir.
Nous devrons travailler.
We will have to work.
We will have to work.
Je pourrai finir.
I will be able to finish.
I will be able to finish.
Tu sauras le faire ?
You will know how to do it?
You will know how to do it?
Il voudra avoir une réponse.
He will want to have an answer.
He will want to have an answer.
Ils voudront faire la fête à la fin de leurs études.
They will want to party at the end of their studies.
They will want to party at the end of their studies.