The future tense is used in order to express events that will happen in the future. Any Italian verb that is conjugated in the future tense is translated back into English with the word "will"

In order to conjugate a verb in the future tense, you always start with your infinitive. Remember that infinitives end in "are" "ere" and "ire". For a quick lesson on infinitives go here: What is an infinitive?

The next thing I have to do is to drop the final "e" from the infinitive.

The third thing I do is to add the appropriate ending depending on what the subject of the sentence is.

Here are the subjects in Italian with their English meanings and their matching endings for the future tense. The endings are in parethesis.

Io = I (ò)
Tu = singular you (ai)
Lui = he (à)
Lei = she (à)
Noi = we (emo)
Voi = plural you (ete)
Loro = they (anno)

OK, now let's take a look at the infinitive parlare = to speak.

Let's say I want to write We will speak in Italian.

Obtain your infinitive to speak which is "parlare"

Cut off the final "e" of parlare. parlare -----> parlar

Because the verb parlare ends in "are" we must change the last two letters "ar" to "er" parlar ------> parler

Now find the subject "we" in English. It's equivalent in Italian is "Noi". The ending we use for "noi" is emo

Now take parler + emo and make it one word parleremo = they will speak

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Remember though that there are some verbs in Italian in the future tense that have irregular stems. In other words, you can't simply start from the infinitive and then cut off the final "e" because these verbs have their own special stem. Note that the endings for these irregular verbs do not change! You still use the same endings as found in the chart above.

IRREGULAR FUTURE TENSE STEMS

andare (to go) andr-

avere (to have) avr-

cadere (to fall) cadr-

dovere (to have to) dovr-

potere (to be able to) potr-

sapere (to know) sapr-

vedere (to see) vedr-

vivere (to live) vivr-

Let's try one: You will live

The irregular stem is vivr

add your approriate ending for "You" ai

put it together vivr + ai vivrai = you will live

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Dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei.

Here are some examples of sentences using the future tense

Andrò in Italia con i miei genitori.
I will go to Italy with my parents.

Parleremo italiano in Italia.
We will speak Italian in italy.

Vedrai il film domani.
You will see the film tomorrow.

Avrà fame dopo la lezione.
He will be hungry after the lesson.

Lo renderemo possibile.
We will make it happen.

Ti ascolteranno.
They will listen to you.

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Dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei.