📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 9 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 2 · Work, school and the future
Quand j'arriverai — the future after quand
Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 9 of 30: The irregular futures worth owning: je verrai (voir), je pourrai (pouvoir). 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 9.
The words
French
English
Say it
je verrai
I will see
zhuh veh-RAY
je pourrai
I will be able to
zhuh poo-RAY
quand j'arriverai, je t'appellerai
when I arrive, I will call you
kah(n) zhah-ree-vuh-ray zhuh tah-pel-RAY
appeler
to call
ah-PLAY
dès que
as soon as
DEH kuh
la semaine prochaine
next week
lah suh-mehn proh-SHEHN
tout ira bien
everything will be fine
too tee-rah BYA(n)
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
The irregular futures worth owning: je verrai (voir), je pourrai (pouvoir), je viendrai (venir). Short stems, same endings.
Et aussi · And also
And a rule English does not have: after quand and dès que, French uses the FUTURE when the meaning is future. Quand j'arriverai, je t'appellerai — when I arrive, I will call you.
Attention · Watch out
After quand and dès que, use the FUTURE when the meaning is future: quand j'arriverai, je t'appellerai. English says 'when I arrive'; French does not.
voir, futur simple — the table
je verrai · tu verras · il/elle verra · nous verrons · vous verrez · ils/elles verront
pouvoir, futur simple — the table
je pourrai · tu pourras · il/elle pourra · nous pourrons · vous pourrez · ils/elles pourront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with je verrai.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out voir, futur simple and pouvoir, 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.