Futur antérieur: French future perfect
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Futur antérieur: French future perfect
Use the future of avoir or être plus a past participle for something that will be finished before a future moment. French can use this tense after quand or dès que for a future event.
Examples in context
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A deadline
À midi, nous aurons terminé le travail.
By noon, we will have finished the work.
An earlier future action
Quand elle sera arrivée, nous mangerons.
When she has arrived, we will eat.
Common mix-ups
Arriver keeps être as its auxiliary in the future perfect.
She will have arrived before noon.
Try a reply
Say or write your answer in French before opening the example.
By eight, she will have finished.
Show one possible answer
À huit heures, elle aura terminé.
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