11.4.3

Future Tense - Regular IR Verbs

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Regular IR Verbs in the Future Tense

For IR verbs, the future tense in French is formed by taking the infinitive of a verb and adding the future endings. Here is the example with 'dormir' (to sleep):

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Tu dormiras - you will sleep

  • 'Tu' means 'you' (singular).
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Vous dormirez - you will sleep

  • 'Vous' means:
    • You (plural).
    • You (singular, formal).

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