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The Italian future tense
How to say what you will do, and why Italians often just use the present tense instead.
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How to form it
Take the infinitive, chop the final "e", add the future endings: -ò, -ai, -à, -emo, -ete, -anno.
- parlare →︎ parler-ò, parler-ai, parler-à, parler-emo, parler-ete, parler-anno
- Note: -are verbs change "-are" to "-er-" first (parlare →︎ parlerò).
Key irregulars (learn these):
- essere →︎ sarò, sarai, sarà, saremo, sarete, saranno
- avere →︎ avrò, avrai, avrà, avremo, avrete, avranno
- andare →︎ andrò / fare →︎ farò / venire →︎ verrò / vedere →︎ vedrò
The trick Italians actually use
In everyday spoken Italian, the future is often replaced by the present + a time expression:
- Domani vado a Roma. (Tomorrow I'm going to Rome.), much more common than Domani andrò a Roma.
- The future is used more for uncertainty or promises: Chissà, forse verrò. (Who knows, maybe I'll come.)
So learn it, but don't overuse it. Present + "domani" gets you far.
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