Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

5 However, in certain cases Italian uses the future where English uses the
present. Take this English sentence: ‘When/If I earn/am earning good money,
I’ll buy a car.’ Here, ‘when’ and ‘if’ actually refer to an action in the future; in
cases like this, Italian normally uses the future tense:

The forms of the future indicative

6 The future endings for the three conjugations are as follows:

Regular verbs ending in -are are conjugated as follows:

Regular verbs ending in -ere are conjugated as follows:

Partono domani.

Viene anche l’anno prossimo,

Signora?

L’anno prossimo sono all’università.

They’ll leave/They’re leaving

tomorrow.

Will you come/be coming again next

year(, Madam?)

Next year I’ll be at university.

Se guadagnerò bene, comprerò una

macchina.

Quando arriverà, le mostreremo il

centro commerciale.

If I earn/am earning good money, I’ll

buy a car.

When she arrives, we’ll show her the

shopping mall.

(io)

(tu)

(lui/lei)

(noi)

(voi)

(loro)

-are

-erò

-erai

-erà

-eremo

-erete

-eranno

-ere

-erò

-erai

-erà

-eremo

-erete

-eranno

-ire

-irò

-irai

-irà

-iremo

-irete

-iranno

Parlare

parlerò

parlerai

parlerà

parleremo

parlerete

parleranno

To speak

I will speak

you will speak

he/she/it will speak

we will speak

you will speak

they will speak