📖LearnModule 5 · Lesson 16 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridgeUnit 4 · Le futur simple, and your opinion
Je serai — the one-word future
Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 16 of 30: B1's first gift, met early: the futur simple, one word. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 16.
The words
French
English
Say it
je serai
I will be
zhuh suh-RAY
tu seras
you will be
tew suh-RAH
j'aurai
I will have
zhoh-RAY
il aura
he will have
eel oh-RAH
il y aura
there will be
eel ee oh-RAH
quand je serai grand
when I am big (m)
kah(n) zhuh suh-ray GRAH(n)
quand je serai grande
when I am big (f)
kah(n) zhuh suh-ray GRAH(n)D
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
B1's first gift, met early: the futur simple — one word, no aller needed. Être gives je serai (I will be); avoir gives j'aurai (I will have).
Et aussi · And also
Quand je serai grand, je serai pilote. Demain, il y aura du soleil (there will be sun).
Attention · Watch out
il y aura (there will be) is the future of il y a — one fixed form for singular and plural, like il y avait. And quand je serai grand takes the future, not the present.
être, futur simple — the table
je serai · tu seras · il/elle sera · nous serons · vous serez · ils/elles seront
avoir, futur simple — the table
je aurai · tu auras · il/elle aura · nous aurons · vous aurez · ils/elles auront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with je serai.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out être, futur simple and avoir, futur simple in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.