{"id":69766,"date":"2018-01-25T04:06:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/italian-future-tense\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:15:26","slug":"italian-future-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/italian\/italian-future-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Future Tenses: Conjugations, Uses and Key Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian tenses can be challenging at first.<\/p>\n

But there’s good news, too! The Italian future tense is a lot more straightforward than other verb tenses you\u2019ve learned before, like the present tense<\/a>,\u00a0present continuous<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0commands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This post will focus on what the Italian future tenses <\/strong>are and how to use them, so you can talk about events in the future and speculate about the future correctly.<\/p>\n

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What Are the Italian Future Tenses?<\/h2>\n

Italian has two future tenses:<\/p>\n

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  1. The simple future<\/li>\n
  2. The future perfect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The simple future tense is used to talk about what will happen in the future, <\/strong>and is used when speculating about the future. <\/strong>It’s also used less frequently to make commands.<\/p>\n

    Here’s an example in which an action will be completed in the future:<\/p>\n

    Io parler\u00f2<\/strong> italiano fluentemente<\/em>. \u2014 I will speak Italian fluently.<\/p>\n

    Here’s an example in which the future is being speculated about:<\/p>\n

    Probabilmente piover\u00e0<\/strong> domani<\/em>. \u2014 It will probably rain tomorrow.<\/p>\n

    And here’s an example of the simple future tense being used as a command:<\/p>\n

    Mangerai<\/strong> tutto il tuo cibo!<\/em> \u2014 You will eat all your food!<\/p>\n

    The Italian future perfect is used to talk about what will have happened<\/em> at a point in the future.<\/strong> This form isn’t used very much, but it’s worth being aware of it.<\/p>\n

    Here’s an example:<\/p>\n

    Entro domani avr\u00f2 finito<\/strong> di leggere quel libro<\/em>. \u2014 By tomorrow, I will have finished reading that book.<\/p>\n

    Italian Simple Future Tense<\/h2>\n

    How to Form the Italian Simple Future<\/h3>\n

    –Are<\/em> and –ere<\/em> verbs<\/strong><\/p>\n

    To form the future tense with regular –are<\/em> and -ere<\/em> verbs, you simply take the stem and add the following endings: -er\u00f2, -erai, er\u00e0, eremo, erete<\/em> and -eranno.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Here are the simple future tense conjugations with the common verbs parlare<\/em> (to speak) and\u00a0credere\u00a0<\/em>(to believe):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
    Pronoun<\/th>Future tense ending<\/th>-Are<\/i> example: Parlare<\/i> (to speak)<\/th>-Ere<\/i> example: Credere<\/i> (to believe)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    lo<\/i><\/td>-er\u00f2<\/i><\/td>Parler\u00f2<\/b><\/i>
    \n<\/td>    		Creder\u00f2<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tu<\/i><\/td>-erai<\/i><\/td>Parlerai<\/b><\/i>
    \n<\/td>    		Crederai<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Egli\/ella<\/i><\/td>-er\u00e0<\/i><\/td>Parler\u00e0<\/b><\/i>
    \n<\/td>    		Creder\u00e0<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Noi<\/i><\/td>-eremo<\/i><\/td>Parleremo<\/b><\/i>
    \n<\/td>    		Crederemo<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Voi<\/i><\/td>-erete<\/i><\/td>Parlerete<\/b><\/i>
    \n<\/td>    		Crederete<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Essi\/esse<\/i><\/td>-eranno<\/i><\/td>Parleranno<\/b>
    \n<\/td>    		Crederanno<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

    For -are<\/em> verbs, there are some spelling changes to consider. These are to ensure that the pronunciation of the last consonant stays constant:<\/p>\n