French Future Perfect ~ Futur antérieur
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The French future perfect is normally used to describe an action that will have happened by a specific point in the future.
| J'aurai mangé à midi. | I will have eaten at noon. |
| Quand tu arriveras, il sera déjà parti. | When you arrive, he will already have left. |
The French future perfect is used:
A. To describe an action that will be finished at a specific point in the future:
| Elle lui aura parlé demain. | She will have talked to him (by) tomorrow. |
| Dans un mois, nous serons partis. | In a month, we will have left. |
B. To make simple assumptions regarding past events:
| Pierre n'est pas ici ; il aura oublié. | Pierre isn't here; he must have forgotten. |
| Luc est heureux ; il aura gagné. | Luc is happy; he must have won. |
C. In subordinate clauses that begin with the conjunctions aussitôt que, dès que, lorsque, quand, une fois que, and après que, the future perfect is used to express a future action which will be completed before the action in the main clause. Note that in English a present tense or past tense would be used here.
| Quand je serai descendu, tu pourras me le montrer. | When I have come down, you can show it to me. |
| Nous le ferons aussitôt qu'elle sera arrivée. | We'll do it as soon as she has arrived. |
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