If you want to learn how to speak Italian correctly, you need to learn Italian verbs and their tenses. Sometimes it happens that Italian people use the simple present instead of the simple future. This can be considered correct only in colloquial Italian, but you must use the simple future in Italian in some specific situations.
How to use the simple future in Italian
First of all, you have to know when you need to use the simple future in Italian language. You can use this tense in the following circumstances:
- You want to express assumptions;
- You want to underline uncertainty;
- You want to talk about expectations.
Let’s see some examples of the use of this tense in Italian language. The sentence Maybe I’ll buy a new apartment can be translated with Forse comprerò un nuovo appartamento, the sentence Tomorrow I’m going to study ten pages can be translated with Domani studierò dieci pagine.
How to make the simple future in Italian
We have discovered when we need to use this tense, now we have to learn how to make the simple future in Italian language. There are some simple rules you have to follow to be sure to make this tense in the right way.
For the verbs ending in -are you have to change the -a in -e, so for example the verb parlare (to talk) becomes:
- Io parlerò
- Tu parlerai
- Egli parlerà
- Noi parleremo
- Voi parlerete
- Essi parleranno
For the verbs ending in -ere or in -ire you don’t have to change anything. Let’s see the simple future of the verbs perdere (to lose) and dire (to say).
Perdere:
- Io perderò
- Tu perderai
- Egli perderà
- Noi perderemo
- Voi perderete
- Essi perderanno
Dire:
- Io dirò
- Tu dirai
- Egli dirà
- Noi diremo
- Voi direte
- Essi diranno
We have just learned the simple future of regular verbs. Italian has also some irregulars verbs, but for these you need an Italian course, because there are a lot of exceptions.
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