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French Future Perfect

How to conjugate the future perfect

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The French future perfect is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:
  1. future of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être)
     
  2. past participle of the main verb

Note: Like all French compound conjugations, the future perfect may be subject to grammatical agreement:
  • When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject
     
  • When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its direct object


French future perfect conjugations
  
AIMER (auxiliary verb is avoir)
j'aurai aimé nousaurons aimé
tuauras aimévousaurez aimé
il,
elle 
aura aiméils,
elles 
auront aimé
  
DEVENIR (être verb)
jeserai devenu(e) nousserons devenu(e)s
tuseras devenu(e)vousserez devenu(e)(s)
ilsera devenuilsseront devenus
elle sera devenueellesseront devenues
  
SE LAVER (pronominal verb)
jeme serai lavé(e) nousnous serons lavé(e)s
tute seras lavé(e)vousvous serez lavé(e)(s)
ilse sera lavéilsse seront lavés
elle se sera lavéeellesse seront lavées

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