French/Grammar/Tenses/Future anterior
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[edit] Formation of the Future Anterior
- The future anterior is a compound tense- it consists of two verbs, the auxiliary verb and the past participle one seeks to use in this tense.
- The auxiliary verb is conjugated as if it were being used in the future indicative.
- The past participle is added immediately after the auxiliary verb.
- A negative structure such as ne ... pas is always placed around the auxiliary verb, not the past participle.
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Tenses & Moods
Auxiliary Verb • Non-finite Forms : Present Participle • Past Participle • Gérondif • Infinitive • Past Infinitive Simple Tenses : Present • Imperfect • Past Historic • Future |
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