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French 2

Unit 8

The Future and the Conditional

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Notes

Futur proche and futur simple

  • Futur proche: aller + infinitive: Je vais manger. Elles ne vont pas venir.
  • Futur simple: infinitive + -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont: je parlerai, tu finiras, il vendra (drop the e of -re verbs).
  • Irregular stems: être ser-, avoir aur-, aller ir-, faire fer-, pouvoir pourr-, vouloir voudr-, devoir devr-, venir viendr-, voir verr-, savoir saur-, envoyer enverr-. The endings do not change.

The conditional

  • Same stem as the future + imparfait endings -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient: je parlerais, il serait, nous irions.
  • Uses: polite requests (Je voudrais un café. Pourriez-vous m'aider?), advice (Tu devrais dormir), wishes (J'aimerais voyager).

Si clauses

  • si + présent → futur: Si tu étudies, tu réussiras.
  • si + imparfait → conditionnel: Si j'avais le temps, je voyagerais.
  • Si + il = s'il. After si, never use the future or conditional.

Topics in this unit

Each topic has its own short notes and practice.

Practice

What is the futur simple of "j'ai" (avoir)?
Which sentence uses the futur proche correctly?
Which form is correct: "Demain, elles ___ (pouvoir) venir."
Which request is the most polite?
Which sentence is correct?
Read: "Si je gagnais à la loterie, j'irais en Afrique. Je visiterais le Maroc et le Sénégal. Je donnerais aussi de l'argent à ma famille." What would the writer do with some of the money?

Free response

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Free-response question

Inès talks about her plans and dreams.

(a) Write a sentence in the futur proche saying that she is going to travel to Dakar next summer.

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Je vais voyager à Dakar l'été prochain.

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(b) Write two sentences in the futur simple: She will be in Dakar for a week and she will visit the market.

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Elle sera à Dakar pendant une semaine. Elle visitera le marché.

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(c) Write a sentence with si saying what she would do if she had a lot of money, and explain which tenses you used.

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Si elle avait beaucoup d'argent, elle voyagerait partout. I used the imparfait after si and the conditional in the result clause.

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