The Future Tense: Grammar Explanation

# R. L. Smith #

The Future Tense: Grammar Explanation


In Italian there is only one way of expressing the future and that is using the future tense.

We cannot use andare (to go) + the infinitive as in other languages.


Formation

Find the stem:


For –ere and –ire verbs, simply remove the final e.


vendere -> vender
finire -> finir

for –are verbs, remove the final e and change the a to an e.


trovare -> trover

Then add the following endings:


ò
ai
à
emo
ete
anno

Irregular Stems

andare -> andr
avare -> avr
bere -> berr
dare -> dar
dovere -> dovr
essere -> sar
fare -> far
potere -> potr
rimanere -> rimarr
sapere -> sapr
stare -> star
vedere -> vedr
venire -> verr
vivere -> vivr
volere -> vorr