Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

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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
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